The Internet is a critically important research site for sociologists testing theories of
technology diffusion and media effects, particularly because it is a medium uniquely capable …

▪ Abstract This essay's point of departure is the hallowed belief that democracy requires
active citizens and news media that supply them with information they need to participate …

This paper analyzes news use during the COVID-19 pandemic, asking how people balance
between conflicting needs for information and disconnection in an extraordinary situation …

Why do Americans have such animosity for people who identify with the opposing political
party? Jaime E. Settle argues that in the context of increasing partisan polarization among …

For a book that takes a relational approach to journalistic authority, it seems fitting to salute
all the relationships that made this work possible. I have had the good fortune to be …

Whatdoes it mean to live in adigital society? Does social media empower political activism?
How do we form and express our identity in a digital age? Do algorithms and search engine …

In this paper, we analyse how news images of the 2015 Syrian refugee 'crisis' visualise
refugees and how, in so doing, they mobilise various forms of moral responsibility in …

Left-leaning political parties play an important role as representatives of the poor and
disempowered. They once did so by promising protections from the forces of capital and the …

Deliberative democracy has challenged two widely-accepted nostrums about democratic
politics: that people lack the capacities for effective self-government; and that democratic …

It wasn't so long ago that the white working class occupied the middle of British and
American societies. But today members of the same demographic, feeling silenced and …