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Democratizing Platforms for Social Coordination (March 2019)

Jeremy Pitt (Author)
Agnieszka Rychwalska (Author)
Magdalena Roszczynska-Kurasinska (Author)
Andrzej Nowak (Author)

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Volume: 38
Issue: 1
Pages: 43-50

DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2019.2894459

Publication Date: March 2019
Edition Details: Special Issue on Technology for Governance, Politics and Democracy
Language: English

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Methods of communication; media Democracy Communication technology social networking (online) Privacy Public policy Technology and government Technology and society Computer security; cyber security Information technology Social media 21st century Facebook (firm)

Information and communication technology (ICT) enabled social media platforms facilitate, at one level, social interaction, management of social contacts, and the promotion of self-exposure. On another level, they arguably meet a profound social need for opportunities to pursue sociallyvaluable projects, and for the free exercise of constitutive human capacities, on a hitherto unprecedented scale. Alongside these significant benefits, there are also some downsides, for example in the potential violation of privacy and breach of data regulations, monopolization, manipulation, and misrepresentation of information, and "market" domination by a few major actors. These downsides have generated significant criticism of social media platforms, but our aim with this article is to be more constructive. [Peer reviewed]

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Article Tom Kane; Nick Novelli (March 2019) Technology for Governance, Politics, and Democracy [Special Issue Introduction]. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (pp. 29-31). unapi

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