Description
• Research Facebook’s conflicts exposed in Congress and in the media since the 2016 election campaign
• Identify the most important points of concern; generalize for the sphere of social media
• What has Facebook done that has been criticized by those worried about social media’s impact on
democracy? How have Facebook’s representatives reacted? Verbally and algorithmically?
• Check how media analysts have treated the issues
• Find, review, and use existing scholarly research on the topic
• Analyze how social media practices and algorithms affect the democratic discourse and meaningful
participation by citizens. Try to make suggestions and predictions for the future!