1、Edited by Filipe R.Campante,Ruben Durante and Andrea TeseiThe Political Economy of Social Media 9781912179800ISBN 978-1-912179-80-0187 boulevard Saint-Germain|75007 Paris|France33 Great Sutton Street|LONDON EC1V 0DX|UK TEL:+44(0)20 7183 8801|EMAIL:CEPRCEPR.ORGWWW.CEPR.ORGThe emergence of social medi

2、a has reshaped the way humans communicate,interact and coordinate with each other.Assessing the impact of that transformation on politics has been one of the great social science questions of the last or decade or so,and will continue to occupy researchers for a long time to come.This book provides

3、a snapshot of how economists in particular have been trying to answer this question.It contains 18 chapters,written by some of the leading scholars working on the topic,summarising empirical evidence on different dimensions of the political impact of social media.The book starts by considering how s

4、ocial media platforms have affected the overall wellbeing of their users.It then goes over how they have changed the behaviour of voters,particularly through news consumption,and whether it can be linked to phenomena such as increased polarisation or the rise of populism.The next section looks at ho

5、w politicians have responded to the new environment,and how that in turn has affected elections.The following two sections address the coordination role of social media,asking how it has affected political mobilisation and,on the negative side,the spread of political hatred.Another section focuses o

6、n how social media has changed politics in the autocratic context of China.Lastly,the final chapters shed light on how the political role of other,so-called legacy media has been impacted by the new technologies.Put together,the contributions described in this book showcase how the ubiquity of socia