Digitizing Democracy (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics)

Digitizing Democracy (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics)

by Brian Mc Nair (Editor), Axel Bruns (Editor), Aljosha Karim Schapals (Editor), Brian McNair (Editor), Axel Bruns (Editor), Aljosha Karim Schapals (Editor)

Synopsis

What are the key challenges facing our increasingly digitized democracy, and how might we as citizens contribute to resolving them? This book explores these questions, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that combines work from media studies, journalism studies and political science scholars and draws on trends in countries including Australia, the US, the UK, Egypt and Indonesia. The book is divided into three main themes: (1) Political communication trends in societies increasingly dominated by the digital; (2) the potential of digital media to enhance civic engagement and social inclusion; (3) the future of digital democracy at a time of rising populism and nationalism.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 25 Oct 2018

ISBN 10: 1138483443
ISBN 13: 9781138483446

Author Bio
Aljosha Karim Schapals is a Research Associate at the Digital Media Research Centre of Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Previously, he worked as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London. He has experience as a practicing journalist working for the Financial Times as well as the German government organization Federal Agency for Civic Education. Axel Bruns is a Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia Brian McNair is a Research Leader in the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia