Search: For - towards-informed-discourse-and-voter-education

1 results found

Towards Informed Discourse and Voter Education: A Critique of E-Campaigns
May 24, 2021

Towards Informed Discourse and Voter Education: A Critique of E-Campaigns

Digital spaces are becoming increasingly vital for public deliberation on issues of shared interest, including during electoral campaigns. This brief examines the types of discourse on social media platforms that electoral candidates engage in. It studies the content of the online campaigns and their potential impact on voter education, and recommends countermeasures against the threat of uninformed and unethical online narratives that only