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The Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion: A Double-Edged Sword
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Abstract Social media plays a major role in public communication in many countries. Therefore, it has a large impact on societies and their cohesion. This thematic issue explores the impact social media has on social cohesion on a local or national level. The nine articles in this issue focus on both the pot... view more
Social media plays a major role in public communication in many countries. Therefore, it has a large impact on societies and their cohesion. This thematic issue explores the impact social media has on social cohesion on a local or national level. The nine articles in this issue focus on both the potential of social media usage to foster social cohesion and the possible drawbacks of social media which could negatively influence the development and maintenance of social cohesion. In the articles, social cohesion is examined from different perspectives with or without the background of crisis, and on various social media platforms. The picture that emerges is that of social media as, to borrow a phrase used in one of the articles, a double-edged sword.... view less
Keywords
social media; social cohesion; public communications
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
crisis communication; polarization; political communication; social cohesion; social divide; social media; social movements
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 104-107
Journal
Media and Communication, 10 (2022) 2
Issue topic
Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; reviewed