… role of citizen journalism in a country with a constrained democratic space. Social media also
… their president through social media platforms. This was unprecedented as only the official …

… Citizen journalists were quick to investigate what The Guardian had been prevented from
reporting, with political blogs and social media rapidly saturated with information about the …

… Platforms such as blogs, social media, and citizen content are also making their way into
the ranks of potentially credible information. This chapter presents an overview on …

… In forthcoming work (68), we show that the bias extends to online and social media-based
news consumption and also fails to accurately capture trends. We highlight how behavioral …

… In recent years there has been a surge in scholarly literature concerning online journal
ism and social media. Much of this research focuses on the renewed relationship between …

… Some of the interviewees considered that social media have been a propellant for some
initiatives in the field of citizen journalism because they have reduced the technological …

… The debate over the political role of social media has hitherto mainly concentrated on the …
use of social media in Africa, the need to investigate social media’s function in semi-democratic …

… spread mis- and disinformation via social media on their own by manipulating photographs
… via social media and thus quickly reach large audiences, bypassing mainstream media …

… that fake news in Spain, like elsewhere, has a long-standing foundation. We explore citizen
engagement in the era of social media, referencing as well fake news in Europe and the USA…

… Furthermore, we show that the effect of social media on democracy is greater for low-income
countries than high-income countries. These results are robust to the inclusion of a number …