In this policy point-counterpoint, sociology students Jesse Goranson and Lawrence Kastriba discuss whether social media operates as a positive social force or as a negative one. Jesse Goranson argues that social media can act to promote democratization among otherwise disadvantaged groups. By connecting individuals from disadvantaged groups, the scalability of social media increases the social capital of the group members, thus giving the group a greater voice in society and allows them greater participation in the political process
This study presents a research framework based on the underlying richness of social media capacity (...
From the democratic theory perspective, social media is a means to improve collaborative public gove...
Claims have been made that the advent of social media and its assumed ability to fuel social strife ...
Social media has had a profound effect on humanity since its inception. 72% of adults in the United ...
This paper will concentrate on the effects of social media on social justice movements in recent Ame...
Social Media is part of contemporary technology that is the contentious subject matter within the so...
Media, and specifically, social media, is playing an increasingly central role within American polit...
“Can Social Media Create a Better Society?” This was the question I was asked to answer, along with ...
As the liberal fantasy of a stable ‘capitalist democracy’ has steadily disintegrated in the last few...
This paper revisits an article published in Foreign Affairs magazine titled “The Political Power of ...
The main aspects of social media and various attempts of its interpretation are reviewed in the arti...
Social media are often claimed to be an important new force in pol- itics. One way to investigate su...
The goal of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of social media and the role that it play...
Slowly approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, research on social media and its effects ...
This report on our first Media Agenda Talk of the season by The Economist’s Tom Standage, is by Poli...
This study presents a research framework based on the underlying richness of social media capacity (...
From the democratic theory perspective, social media is a means to improve collaborative public gove...
Claims have been made that the advent of social media and its assumed ability to fuel social strife ...
Social media has had a profound effect on humanity since its inception. 72% of adults in the United ...
This paper will concentrate on the effects of social media on social justice movements in recent Ame...
Social Media is part of contemporary technology that is the contentious subject matter within the so...
Media, and specifically, social media, is playing an increasingly central role within American polit...
“Can Social Media Create a Better Society?” This was the question I was asked to answer, along with ...
As the liberal fantasy of a stable ‘capitalist democracy’ has steadily disintegrated in the last few...
This paper revisits an article published in Foreign Affairs magazine titled “The Political Power of ...
The main aspects of social media and various attempts of its interpretation are reviewed in the arti...
Social media are often claimed to be an important new force in pol- itics. One way to investigate su...
The goal of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of social media and the role that it play...
Slowly approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, research on social media and its effects ...
This report on our first Media Agenda Talk of the season by The Economist’s Tom Standage, is by Poli...
This study presents a research framework based on the underlying richness of social media capacity (...
From the democratic theory perspective, social media is a means to improve collaborative public gove...
Claims have been made that the advent of social media and its assumed ability to fuel social strife ...