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March 13, 2026Scholedge International Journal of Multidisciplinary & Allied Studies ISSN 2394-336X0 citationsOpen Access

Social Media's Impact on Democratic Participation and Public Discourse

Social Media, Public Discourse, and the Transformation of Democratic Participation

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Overview

Examines the effects of social media on democratic participation, suggesting a fundamental transformation in public discourse.

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how social media reshapes democratic participation and political discourse.
  • Review of existing scholarship in political communication and media studies.
  • Analysis of Habermasian public sphere theory and digital democracy frameworks.
  • Examination of networked social movements and their strategies on social media.
  • Social media opened new channels for civic participation.
  • Introduced challenges like algorithmic filter bubbles and political polarization.
  • Revealed the concentration of communicative power in a few platforms.

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George Kiptoo Ouma (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b3ab0002a1e69014ccba39https://doi.org/10.19085/sijmas130102
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