Geopolitics, Public Communication and Social Cohesion Facing the Crisis of Democracy: Risks and Challenges

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; activism; agenda setting; audiences; authorship; Chile; climate change; communication; community; Community of Madrid; constitutional process; COVID-19; criticism; cultivated meat; digital pseudo-identification; disinformation; emotions; Europe; far right; food system; food transition; hate speech; information; internet; LGBTQI+; LGBTQI+ organisations; livestock; local media; logical fallacies; low socio-economic; mainstream media; meat consumption; meat production; media framing; mobile instant messaging services; n/a; news; online misinformation; online violence; platforms; polarization; political communication; press; pseudo-authorities; pseudo-media; pseudo-statistics; public communication; Red Cross; reputation; satisfaction with democracy; social audience; social cohesion; social media; South Africa; stakeholders; stereotypes; Telegram; trust; Twitter; Ukraine; vaccination; Walter Lippmann; war; women; youth
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 In times of rising polarization and disinformation at the global level, this reprint, "Geopolitics, Public Communication, and Social Cohesion Facing the Crisis of Democracy: Risks and Challenges", explores the communication of the main conflicts that put integrity and geopolitics at risk. Drawing upon different methods, the contributions offer insightful findings on the role of communication by public institutions in crisis management and the actions of journalists and citizens. Therefore, this reprint furthers our understanding of how to deal with problems such as audiences' distrust in politics, citizens' disaffection with the media, and institutions' loss of credibility.