1st Edition

AI, Algorithms, and Misinformation Law, Politics, and Our Digital Futures

By Jeffrey Layne Blevins Copyright 2027
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how - in the 21st century world of big data and social media - artificial intelligence and algorithms are being used to predict our economic, political, and cultural activity. Drawing inspiration from the concept of a ‘minority report’, as introduced in Philip K. Dick’s 1956 short story, the book explores how the byproduct of digital content on social media often generates a... Read more

Chapter 1. Data, information, reality, and social media networks  Chapter 2. Critically analyzing information and reality on social media networks  Chapter 3. Algorithmic Exploitation, Political Polarization, and Epistemic Alienation: Understanding the Political Economy of Post-Truth  Chapter 4. Regulation and Public Policy for AI, Algorithms, Disinformation and Misinformation  Chapter 5. Truth, Falsity, the First Amendment, and AI  Chapter 6. Changing the Marketplace of Post-Truth and our Digital Futures

Biography

Jeffrey Layne Blevins is a Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs, and Faculty Fellow of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy at the University of Cincinnati. He is co-author of Social Media, Social Justice, and the Political Economy of Online Networks (2022), which won the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Best Non-Fiction eBook, and Social Media and Digital Politics: Networked Reason in an Age of Digital Emotions (2025), both with James Jaehoon Lee. Blevins is a frequently consulted expert for national news media on social media, politics and misinformation.