Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform

Introduction / Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker — Misinformation, disinformation, and online propaganda / Andrew M. Guess and Benjamin A. Lyons — Social media, echo chambers, and political polarization / Pablo Barbera — Online hate speech / Alexandra A. Siegel — Bots and CompBots computational propaganda : automation for communication and controlutational propaganda / Samuel C. Woolley — Online political advertising in the United States / Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael M. Franz, and Travis N. Ridout — Democratic creative destruction? : the effect of a changing media landscape on democracy / Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Richard Fletcher — Misinformation and its correction / Chloe Wittenberg and Adam J. Berinsky — Comparative media regulation in the US and Europe / Francis Fukuyama and Andrew Grotto — Facts and where to find them: empirical research on Internet platforms and online speech / Daphne Keller and Paddy Leerssen — Dealing with disinformation : evaluating the case for CDA 230 amendment / Tim Hwang — Democratic transparency in the platform society / Robert Gorwa and Timothy Garton Ash — Conclusion : the challenges and opportunities for social media research / Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker.