Current diagnoses that democracy is in crisis at the beginning of the 21st century share a common argumentative reference point: the (implicit) reference to the dysfunctional constitution of the political public sphere which is currently undergoing structural change. The rise of social media platforms is considered as one of its main constituents. While social media make the public arena more open and thus more responsive, these platforms also lead to new mechanisms of fragmentation and exclusion, an erosion of norms in public debate and a loss of trust in traditional institutions.
The project will reconsider the diagnoses of this crisis by
SoMe4Dem (project number 101094752) as a research project is fully funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe framework (HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-07).
Social Media for Democracy (SoMe4Dem)