Times change. Early in the 21st century, calls to bridge the digital divide were dismissed by people who saw internet access as a luxury. Two decades later, it is tough to find a policy …
E Ferrara - Disinformation, misinformation, and fake news in social …, 2020 - Springer
Bots, software-controlled accounts that operate on social media, have been used to manipulate and deceive. We studied the characteristics and activity of bots around major …
AE Marwick, WC Partin - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Communication research is increasingly concerned with the relationship between epistemological fragmentation and polarization. Even so, explanations for why partisans …
J Oser, A Grinson, S Boulianne… - Political …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid rise of digital media use for political participation has coincided with an increase in concerns about citizens' sense of their capacity to impact political processes. These dual …
E Hargittai, M Micheli - Society and the internet: How networks of …, 2019 - books.google.com
Given that the Internet is now ubiquitous in high-income nations, do Internet skills still matter? The authors of this chapter synthesize a body of research that Shows how Internet …
As social media tools become more popular at all levels of government, more research is needed to determine how the platforms can be used to create meaningful citizen …
C Lutz, CP Hoffmann - Information, Communication & Society, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Studies on the 'second-level digital divide'explore the socio-economic antecedents and effects of (a lack of) user participation on the Internet. At the same time, some have criticized …
L Bode - Information, communication & society, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Historically, major gender differences exist in both political engagement and online content creation. Expanding on these literatures, this study considers the extent to which men and …
M Micheli, C Lutz, M Büchi - Journal of Information, Communication …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This conceptual contribution is based on the observation that digital inequalities literature has not sufficiently considered digital footprints as an important social differentiator …