{"product_id":"republic-divided-democracy-in-the-age-of-social-media","title":"#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNudge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy—and what can be done about it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the age of \u003ci\u003e#Republic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this revealing book, Cass Sunstein, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNudge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism—and what can be done about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThoroughly 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e#Republic\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Political Science, Political Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780691175515\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.65","offer_id":47912597127345,"sku":"SB-0691175519-C3","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0691175519.jpg?v=1789205985","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/republic-divided-democracy-in-the-age-of-social-media","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}