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008			161207s2017 nju 001 0 eng
010			_a 2016038668
020			_a9780691175515 (hardback)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aHM851 _b.S869 2017
082	0	0	_a303.48/33 _223
084			_aPOL007000 _aPOL035000 _aPOL039000 _aPOL028000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aSunstein, Cass R.,
245	1	0	_a#Republic : _bdivided democracy in the age of social media / _cCass R. Sunstein.
246	3		_aHashtag republic
263			_a1704
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2017.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions, people of different political views cannot even understand each other. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of #Republic. In this revealing book, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism--and what can be done about it. Thoroughly rethinking the critical relationship between democracy and the Internet, Sunstein describes how the online world creates "cybercascades," exploits "confirmation bias," and assists "polarization entrepreneurs." And he explains why online fragmentation endangers the shared conversations, experiences, and understandings that are the lifeblood of democracy. In response, Sunstein proposes practical and legal changes to make the Internet friendlier to democratic deliberation. These changes would get us out of our information cocoons by increasing the frequency of unchosen, unplanned encounters and exposing us to people, places, things, and ideas that we would never have picked for our Twitter feed. #Republic need not be an ironic term. As Sunstein shows, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of democracy that citizens of diverse societies most need. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aInformation society _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aInternet _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aSocial media _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aPolarization (Social sciences)
650		0	_aPolitical participation _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		0	_aPolitical culture.
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