Naslov
Ideological Views, Social Media Habits, and Information Literacy

Autori
Lacković, Stjepan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society

Urednik/ci
Kurbanoğlu, Serap, Boustany, Joumana, Špiranec, Sonja, Grassian, Mizrachi, Esther, Roy, Diane Loriene, Çakmak, Tolga

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Heidelberg : New York (NY) : Dordrecht : London

Godina
2016

Raspon stranica
66-75

ISBN
978-3-319-52161-9

Ključne riječi
Deliberative democracy Ideological views Information literacy Political polarization Social media habits

Sažetak
According to liberal political theory, democracy can flourish only to the extent to which its citizenry have free access to information, are able to reason well, and, consequently, are able to make reasonable choices. The advent of Web 2.0 had opened up new ways to access, share and publish information about politics. Hence, many have argued how Web 2.0 represents the ultimate realization of participatory democracy. On the other hand, new information technologies have enabled consumers to filter and select content they want to be exposed to, thus making it possible for people to deprive themselves of “cross cutting” content. This could lead to group fragmentation and political polarization which is in contradiction with the republican ideal of deliberative democracy. By conducting a survey on social media habits on Facebook, the author tested this thesis about polarization in the case of Croatian students.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

POVEZANOST RADA