Policy Press

Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms

How Digital Technologies are Stifling Public Debate and What to Do About It

By Sine N. Just

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

224 pages

ISBN

978-1529238341

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

224 pages

ISBN

978-1529238334

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Nov 1, 2024

Page count

224 pages

ISBN

978-1529238358

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Sine N. Just is Professor of Strategic Communication in the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University.

1. The Closing of the Rhetorical Mind

2. Press Play: Organizing Digital Communication

3. The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere

4. Controversial Encounters of the First Kind - The Theory and Practice of Controversy

5. Controversial Encounters of the Second Kind - Sweet Consensus and Nasty Conflict

6. Controversial Encounters of the Third Kind - Towards Automated Persuasion?

7. Affective Alternatives - Unlocking the Rhetorical Mind

8. Make Disagreement Good Again