Social media impacts on conflict and democracy : the techtonic shift /: the techtonic shift. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lisa Schirch.
• Editors: Schirch, Lisa
• Contents: 1. The Techtonic Shift: How Social Media Works (Lisa Schirch) 2. Digital Information, Conflict, and Democracy (Lisa Schirch) 3. Brazil: Weaponized Information and Digitized Hate (Diego Casaes and Yasodara Cordova) 4. Colombia: The Use of Social Media in Democratic Spaces: A Double-Edged Sword (Diana Dajer) 5. Egypt: Social Media Impacts on Civil Society, Violent Extremism & Government Control (Eman El-Sherbiny) 6. India: A False Information Ecosystem (Spandana Singh) 7. India-Pakistan: Civil Society Digital Activism for Peace (Qamar Jafri) 8. Jordan: Social Media and Social Change Opportunities and Threats (Diana Ishaqat) 9. Kenya: Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding (Fredrick Ogenga) 10. Myanmar: The Role of Social Media in Fomenting Violence (Victoire Rio) 11. Nigeria: Social Media Dynamics in Boko Haram’s Terrorist Insurgence (Medinat Abdulazeez Malefakis) 12. Northern Ireland: Social Media and Conflict Dynamics on the Peace Lines (Brendan McCourt) 13. Sri Lanka: Digital Blooms in Social Media and Violence (Sanjana Hattotuwa) 14. Venezuela: 21st Century Authoritarianism in the Digital Sphere (Iria Puyosa) 15. Zimbabwe: Social Media as a Toxic Tool or a Future Bridge to Peace (Tendai Marima) 16. A Peacebuilding Approach to Addressing Social Media Threats (Lisa Schirch)
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.231; Social media and society; Social media -- Political aspects; Social conflict -- Political aspects; Information society -- Political aspects; Democracy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000378917; 9781000378894; 9781003087649
• Related ISBNs: 9780367541040; 9780367541057
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