Is Social Media Good for Democracy?

With popular apps and platforms under fire for their role in the hot mess presidential election cycle of 2016, we ask the hot question on everyone’s lips: “Is social media good for democracy?” Gene Park of the Washington Post moderates a discussion with Jim Brady (Spirited Media), Roger McNamee (Elevation Partners), Vivian Schiller (Civil Media Foundation) and Siva Vaidhyanathan (University of Virginia). This discussion was recorded before a live audience on September 28, 2018, during the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas.

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Is Social Media Good for Democracy? is an episode from Texas Tribune Conversations by The Texas Tribune.

This episode is 66:30 long.

This episode was published on Dec 27, 2018.

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