Facebook Democracy : The architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life

• Main Author: Marichal, José (auth)
• Format: eBook
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2012
• Subjects: Astronomy, space & time; Computing & information technology; online social networks; political participation; communication in politics; facebook; disclosure of information; political aspects; technological innovations; data processing
• Online Access: Get fulltext
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (200 p.)
• Access: Open Access

Drawing on a number of disciplines and an ethnographic analysis of 250 Facebook political groups, Marichal explores how Facebook's emphasis on social connection impacts key dimensions of political participation: e.g. mobilization, deliberation, and attitude formation.