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Social media platforms as channels for citizen discussions and for governments to reach audiences. Social entrepreneurship has seen a major increase in activity in recent years. One example can be seen from Eric Gordon and Jessica Philippi, who released a study on their interactive online game for local engagement called Community PlanIt (CPI ...
The role of social media in democratizing media participation, which proponents herald as ushering in a new era of participatory democracy, with all users able to contribute news and comments, may fall short of the ideals. International survey data suggest online media audience members are largely passive consumers, while content creation is ...
Just 34% of survey respondents from the U.S. said they think social media is good for democracy in the country.
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, and Blogspot, are increasingly significant in democratic dialogues. [75] [76] The role of social media in e-democracy is an emerging field of study, along with technological developments such as argument maps and the semantic web. [70]
Internet activism [a] involves the use of electronic-communication technologies such as social media, e-mail, and podcasts for various forms of activism to enable faster and more effective communication by citizen movements, the delivery of particular information to large and specific audiences, as well as coordination.
Social media as a public utility is a theory postulating that social networking sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat etc.) are essential public services that should be regulated by the government, in a manner similar to how electric and phone utilities are typically government regulated. It is based on ...
Social media played a significant role in facilitating communication and interaction among participants of political protests. Protesters utilized social media, to organize demonstrations (both pro-governmental and anti-governmental), disseminate information about their activities, and raise local and global awareness of ongoing events. [3]
ESPN star Stephen A. Smith tore into Democrats during a podcast episode on Sunday after a Justice Department Inspector General report revealed new information last week about the Jan. 6 Capitol ...