Digital Media Shadowing Democracy
The book’s message is brief: Liberal democracies are at risk. Democratic decay has numerous causes, but technological innovations and profit-driven dynamics are shaping societal relations in ways that intensify disagreements and polarisation, undermining informed citizenship. The growing number...
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| author | Balčytienė, Auksė Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Sousa, Helena Tomaz, Tales Trappel, Josef Boldog, Dalma Bayer, Judit McGonagle, Tarlach McGonagle Urkens, Jolan d’Haenens, Leen Harambam, Jaron D’Arma, Alessandro Esser, Andrea Hilborn, Matthew Steemers, Jeanette Thomass, Barbara Miconi, Andrea Moreno, José Mansell, Robin Sjøvaag, Helle Eder, Maximilian Nieminen, Hannu Michalis, Maria Meier, Werner A. |
| author_browse | Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Balčytienė, Auksė Bayer, Judit Boldog, Dalma D’Arma, Alessandro Eder, Maximilian Esser, Andrea Harambam, Jaron Hilborn, Matthew Mansell, Robin McGonagle, Tarlach McGonagle Meier, Werner A. Michalis, Maria Miconi, Andrea Moreno, José Nieminen, Hannu Sjøvaag, Helle Sousa, Helena Steemers, Jeanette Thomass, Barbara Tomaz, Tales Trappel, Josef Urkens, Jolan d’Haenens, Leen |
| author_facet | Balčytienė, Auksė Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Sousa, Helena Tomaz, Tales Trappel, Josef Boldog, Dalma Bayer, Judit McGonagle, Tarlach McGonagle Urkens, Jolan d’Haenens, Leen Harambam, Jaron D’Arma, Alessandro Esser, Andrea Hilborn, Matthew Steemers, Jeanette Thomass, Barbara Miconi, Andrea Moreno, José Mansell, Robin Sjøvaag, Helle Eder, Maximilian Nieminen, Hannu Michalis, Maria Meier, Werner A. |
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| description | The book’s message is brief: Liberal democracies are at risk. Democratic decay has numerous causes, but technological innovations and profit-driven dynamics are shaping societal relations in ways that intensify disagreements and polarisation, undermining informed citizenship.
The growing number of uncertainties associated with the new communications order, further enhanced by the rise of information warfare waged by both radical domestic actors and geopolitical powers in recent years, has become a reason for concern in liberal democracies, yet academic analyses of and policy responses to the challenges of the new media landscape are lagging behind technological transformation. Policymakers seeking regulatory answers need to weigh and balance a range of considerations, including democratic standards such as media freedom and pluralism, sustainable financing strategies for media businesses, economic productivity, ecological implications, and security concerns. The harmonisation of the different interests at stake takes time, while inaction feeds public distrust in democratic institutions and processes.
This volume shows that the quality of digital media performance remains central to democratic life and to responsibilities that citizens and institutions have toward one another. The authors call for policy decisions to be taken on both the national and the supranational levels. Regulatory institutions must be granted the necessary legal tools and financial resources to protect accurate information and to fight disinformation, as only informed and critical-minded citizens can defend democracies. The risks are too real to be devalued. Awareness and action are needed. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1767772026-05-20T12:30:23Z Digital Media Shadowing Democracy Balčytienė, Auksė Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Sousa, Helena Tomaz, Tales Trappel, Josef Boldog, Dalma Bayer, Judit McGonagle, Tarlach McGonagle Urkens, Jolan d’Haenens, Leen Harambam, Jaron D’Arma, Alessandro Esser, Andrea Hilborn, Matthew Steemers, Jeanette Thomass, Barbara Miconi, Andrea Moreno, José Mansell, Robin Sjøvaag, Helle Eder, Maximilian Nieminen, Hannu Michalis, Maria Meier, Werner A. Balčytienė, Auksė Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Sousa, Helena digital media platformisation democratic decay platform power digital governance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies::JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society The book’s message is brief: Liberal democracies are at risk. Democratic decay has numerous causes, but technological innovations and profit-driven dynamics are shaping societal relations in ways that intensify disagreements and polarisation, undermining informed citizenship. The growing number of uncertainties associated with the new communications order, further enhanced by the rise of information warfare waged by both radical domestic actors and geopolitical powers in recent years, has become a reason for concern in liberal democracies, yet academic analyses of and policy responses to the challenges of the new media landscape are lagging behind technological transformation. Policymakers seeking regulatory answers need to weigh and balance a range of considerations, including democratic standards such as media freedom and pluralism, sustainable financing strategies for media businesses, economic productivity, ecological implications, and security concerns. The harmonisation of the different interests at stake takes time, while inaction feeds public distrust in democratic institutions and processes. This volume shows that the quality of digital media performance remains central to democratic life and to responsibilities that citizens and institutions have toward one another. The authors call for policy decisions to be taken on both the national and the supranational levels. Regulatory institutions must be granted the necessary legal tools and financial resources to protect accurate information and to fight disinformation, as only informed and critical-minded citizens can defend democracies. The risks are too real to be devalued. Awareness and action are needed. Published 2026-05-20T12:30:19Z 2026-05-20T12:30:19Z 2026-05-13 book 978-91-89864-28-3 978-91-89864-29-0 978-91-89864-30-6 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176777 eng application/pdf n/a https://webshop.publit.com/webshop/4734?sort=available_date%3Adesc https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2058074/FULLTEXT02.pdf Nordicom, University of Gothenburg Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 10.48335/9789189864290 10.48335/9789189864290 0b7fa957-daad-4c1c-a831-034a59d9434f 978-91-89864-28-3 978-91-89864-29-0 978-91-89864-30-6 Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 282 Gothenburg, Swedenurg open access |
| spellingShingle | digital media platformisation democratic decay platform power digital governance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies::JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society Balčytienė, Auksė Bajomi-Lázár, Péter Sousa, Helena Tomaz, Tales Trappel, Josef Boldog, Dalma Bayer, Judit McGonagle, Tarlach McGonagle Urkens, Jolan d’Haenens, Leen Harambam, Jaron D’Arma, Alessandro Esser, Andrea Hilborn, Matthew Steemers, Jeanette Thomass, Barbara Miconi, Andrea Moreno, José Mansell, Robin Sjøvaag, Helle Eder, Maximilian Nieminen, Hannu Michalis, Maria Meier, Werner A. Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title | Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title_full | Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title_fullStr | Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title_short | Digital Media Shadowing Democracy |
| title_sort | digital media shadowing democracy |
| topic | digital media platformisation democratic decay platform power digital governance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies::JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society |
| topic_facet | digital media platformisation democratic decay platform power digital governance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies::JBCT1 Media studies: internet, digital media and society |
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