Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy

The Techtonic Shift
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-54105-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world.

The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America as well as Northern Ireland. Each author maps an array of peacebuilding solutions to social media threats, including coordinated action by civil society, governments and tech companies to protect human minds, relationships and institutions. Solutions presented include inoculating society with a new digital literacy agenda, designing technology for positive social impacts, and regulating technology to prohibit the worst behaviours.

A must-read both for political scientists and policymakers trying to understand the impact of social media, and media studies scholars looking for a global perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schirch, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Techtonic Shift: How Social Media Works

2. Digital Information, Conflict, and Democracy

3. Brazil: Weaponized Information and Digitized Hate

4. Colombia: The Use of Social Media in Democratic Spaces: A Double-Edged Sword

5. Egypt: Social Media Impacts on Civil Society, Violent Extremism & Government Control

6. India: A False Information Ecosystem

7. India–Pakistan: Civil Society Digital Activism for Peace

8. Jordan: Social Media and Social Change Opportunities and Threats

9. Kenya: Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding

10. Myanmar: The Role of Social Media in Fomenting Violence

11. Nigeria: Social Media Dynamics in Boko Haram’s Terrorist Insurgence

12. Northern Ireland: Social Media and Conflict Dynamics on the Peace Lines

13. Sri Lanka: Digital Blooms in Social Media and Violence

14. Venezuela: 21st Century Authoritarianism in the Digital Sphere

15. Zimbabwe: Social Media as a Toxic Tool or a Future Bridge to Peace

16. A Peacebuilding Approach to Addressing Social Media Threats

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Schirch is Senior Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, Japan, and Visiting Fellow at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and George Mason University.