There is considerable concern about the role that social media, such as Facebook and
Twitter, play in promoting misperceptions during political campaigns. These technologies …

A major factor that helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency was Hillary Clinton's
inability to retain the support of those who had cast a vote for Obama in the 2012 election …

This paper categorises the nature of what we have labelled as the potential for'GrImpact', in
the evaluation of the wider influence of research, beyond academia. As the impact agenda …

This study examined the effect of fake news on electoral outcome. Using post-election
surveys, previous studies found associations between exposure to fake news and voting …

The global reach of misinformation has exacerbated harms in low-and middle-income
countries faced with deficiencies in funding, platform engagement, and media literacy …

We can see the growing use of social media for politics through 2020 US elections. This
social media presence has the potential to shift the perspective of democracy. This paper is …

This chapter identifies seven reasons why the digital Influence Industry should be of concern
to everyone. Firstly, there are concerns that if profiled, behaviorally driven messages …

Theorists of deliberative democracy envision a citizenry engaged in collective reasoning
about public issues on the merits of rival arguments. Partisanship undermines this ideal …

Abundant research has documented the negative effects of confirmatory bias in a broad
range of managerial decision-making contexts. However, insufficient research has been …

Social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google hold the potential to alter civic
engagement, thus essentially hijacking democracy, by influencing individuals towards a …