TY - BOOK ID - 65313632 TI - Twitter, the Public Sphere, and the Chaos of Online Deliberation AU - Bouvier, Gwen. AU - Rosenbaum, Judith E. PY - 2020 SN - 3030414213 3030414205 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Twitter KW - Political aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Social media. KW - Digital media. KW - Culture. KW - Technology. KW - Social Media. KW - Digital/New Media. KW - Culture and Technology. KW - Applied science KW - Arts, Useful KW - Science, Applied KW - Useful arts KW - Science KW - Industrial arts KW - Material culture KW - Cultural sociology KW - Culture KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Electronic media KW - New media (Digital media) KW - Mass media KW - Digital communications KW - Online journalism KW - User-generated media KW - Communication KW - User-generated content KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65313632 AB - This volume provides a critical view of the nature and quality of political and civic communication on Twitter. The introduction lays out the current state of research, showing the continuum of views, from the more optimistic to more pessimistic, regarding the platform’s potential tofacilitate civic conversations. The eleven empirical case studies in the book provide new insights, addressing a variety of topics through a diverse array of methodological approaches. Together, the chapters provide a counter position to recent studies that offer more celebratory assessments of Twitter’s potential. The book draws attention to the chaotic, insular, uncivil, and emotionally charged nature of debate and communication on Twitter. ER -