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PublisherPanorama Scholarly Group Limited
Place of PublicationHong Kong
Year2024
ISBN978-3-987650-05-1
eISBN978-3-987650-05-8
DOI10.47892/psb.2024.005
LanguageEnglish
Pages382
FormatHardcover, PDF eBook
TypeEdited Volume
StatusPublished
Subject Area
Media StudiesPolitical CommunicationDigital Society
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Media, Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere

Political Communication in the Age of Social Media

Edited by Yuki Tanigawa, Priya Nair (Eds.)

Panorama Scholarly Group Limited, 2024

Book Description

This edited volume brings together leading scholars to examine how digital media are reshaping democratic practice, public discourse, and political participation across diverse national contexts. The contributors investigate platform governance, misinformation ecosystems, digital activism, and the reconfiguration of the public sphere under conditions of algorithmic mediation. Drawing on empirical research from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, the volume offers a comparative and theoretically grounded account of media's evolving role in contemporary democratic life.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction: Democracy in the Age of Digital Media
  2. Part I: Platforms, Power, and Public Discourse
  3. 1. Algorithmic Publics and the Fragmentation of Shared Reality
  4. 2. Platform Governance and Democratic Accountability
  5. 3. Misinformation, Trust, and the Epistemics of Digital News
  6. Part II: Political Communication and Participation
  7. 4. Digital Activism and Networked Social Movements
  8. 5. Electoral Communication in the Age of Social Media
  9. 6. Populism, Affect, and the Emotional Logics of Online Politics
  10. Part III: Comparative Perspectives
  11. 7. The Digital Public Sphere in East Asia
  12. 8. Platform Capitalism and Democratic Erosion in the Global South
  13. Conclusion: Rethinking Media Theory for the Digital Age
  14. Notes on Contributors
  15. Index

About the Editors

Yuki Tanigawa

Dr. Yuki Tanigawa is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Ashford Pacific University. Her research examines platform politics, digital media, and democratic governance in East Asian contexts.

Priya Nair

Dr. Priya Nair is Senior Lecturer in Political Communication at the Kelbourne Institute for Global Studies. She specialises in misinformation, digital activism, and media policy.

How to Cite

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Tanigawa, Yuki, and Priya Nair, eds.. 2024. Media, Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere: Political Communication in the Age of Social Media. Hong Kong: Panorama Scholarly Group Limited. https://doi.org/10.47892/psb.2024.005

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Published by Panorama Scholarly Group Limited. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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