Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms
How Digital Technologies are Stifling Public Debate and What to Do About It
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:27th Nov '24
£27.99
This title is due to be published on 27th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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.
“Just delivers a compelling answer to the burning question of how to sustain meaningful encounters with difference in today’s communication landscape. Ancient ideas meet new imperatives in this fresh interdisciplinary take on what rhetoric can do.” Karen Lee Ashcraft, University of Colorado Boulder
ISBN: 9781529238341
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224 pages