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Names: Persily, Nathaniel, editor. | Tucker, Joshua A. (Joshua Aaron), 1971– editor.
Title: Social media and democracy : the state of the field, prospects for reform / edited by Nathaniel Persily, Joshua A. Tucker.
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. | Series: SSRC anxieties of democracy | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020013248 (print) | LCCN 2020013249 (ebook) | ISBN 9781108835558 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108890960 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social media – Political aspects. | Online social networks – Political aspects. | Information society – Political aspects. | Information technology – Political aspects. | Democracy. | Political participation – Technological innovations.
Classification: LCC HM742 .S628164 2020 (print) | LCC HM742 (ebook) | DDC 302.23/1–dc23
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