as social media and the internet at large come to encompass an increasingly large portion of public life, and politics in all its forms begins to manifest online (e.g., political candidates, establishment and otherwise, using Twitter as a soapbox), how do you expect the role of social media in crafting affective publics to change? moreover, does the fact that social media companies are increasingly taking action in restricting the content that appears on their platforms (e.g., InfoWars on Twitter) tarnish the possibility of a truly democratic space?
as social media and the internet at large come to encompass an increasingly large portion of public life, and politics in all its forms begins to manifest online (e.g., political candidates, establishment and otherwise, using Twitter as a soapbox), how do you expect the role of social media in crafting affective publics to change? moreover, does the fact that social media companies are increasingly taking action in restricting the content that appears on their platforms (e.g., InfoWars on Twitter) tarnish the possibility of a truly democratic space?