1st Edition

Facebook, the Media and Democracy Big Tech, Small State?

By Leighton Andrews Copyright 2020
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Facebook, the Media and Democracy examines Facebook Inc. and the impact that it has had and continues to have on media and democracy around the world. Drawing on interviews with Facebook users of different kinds and dialogue with politicians, regulators, civil society and media commentators, as well as detailed documentary scrutiny of legislative and regulatory proposals and Facebook’s... Read more

Chapter 1 The mounting monopoly

Chapter 2 Silicon calues: big tech, small state

Chapter 3 The benefits of Facebook

Chapter 4 The Facebook system

Chapter 5 Facebook and the media

Chapter 6 Facebook and democracy

Chapter 7 Regulating Facebook’s dominance

Conclusion: digital gangsters, morally bankrupt liars or just serial offenders?

Biography

Leighton Andrews is a professor of practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation in Cardiff Business School. He was an elected politician, serving in the National Assembly for Wales from 2003 to 2016, and was a Minister in the Welsh Government between 2007 and 2016. He is a former head of Public Affairs for the BBC in London, responsible for the corporation’s relationships with the UK and European Parliaments. He is the author of Wales Says Yes (1999), Ministering to Education (2014) and academic articles on a variety of subjects, including broadcasting policy and technology regulation.