Societies Online: Facebook & Democracy (with Siva Vaidhyanathan)

August 03, 2020 00:39:53
Societies Online: Facebook & Democracy (with Siva Vaidhyanathan)
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Societies Online: Facebook & Democracy (with Siva Vaidhyanathan)

Aug 03 2020 | 00:39:53

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Show Notes

In this two-part inquiry into what the internet is doing to societies, two leading scholars who study online media take a critical look at both the affordances and dangers of large platforms like Facebook, Google, and Reddit. In this episode, Siva Vaidhyanathan breaks down the global power of Facebook: what it provides in a positive [...]

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