Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms How Digital Technologies Are Stifling Public Debate and What to Do About It

• Main Author: Just, Sine N
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Algorithmic reason; Algorithms; Communication studies; Computing and Information Technology; Controversy; Cultural and media studies; Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects; Digital communication; Digital Life and Culture; Digital media-Social aspects; Digital organization; Ethical issues and debates; Impact of science and technology on society; Information technology: general topics; Interdisciplinary studies; JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society; JBFV5 Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments; Mathematics and Science; Media studies; Organisation Studies; Philosophy and Ideas; Political Communication; Public debate; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Science, Technology and Society; Science: general issues; Social and ethical issues; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Technology; Technology > Psychological aspects; Technology > Social aspects; Technology and Politics; Public debate; Digital communication; Algorithmic reason; Controversy; Digital organization; Datafied affect
• ISBN: 152923834X; 9781529238341; 9781529238334; 1529238331
• DOI: 10.47674/9781529238365

EPUB and EPDF available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we have meaningful public conversations in the algorithmic age? This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interactions, often in ways that limit our exposure to diverse perspectives and fuel polarization. Drawing on the ancient art of arguing all sides of a case, the book offers a way to revive public debate as a source of trust and legitimacy in democratic societies. This is a timely and urgent book for anyone who cares about the future of democracy in the digital era.