Author ORCID Identifier
Thomas Jamieson https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-5476
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
International Journal of Communication
Volume
15
First Page
1883
Last Page
1886
Abstract
Laura DeNardis, Derrick L. Cogburn, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani (Eds.), Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020, 324 pp., $35.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Thomas Jamieson University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA In January 2021, pro-Trump protesters forced their way into the U.S. Capitol building, inspired by White supremacist and conspiracy theories spread on Twitter, Facebook, 4chan, TheDonald.win, Parler, 8kun, Telegram, and far-right message boards (Harwell, Stanley-Becker, Nakhlawi, & Timberg, 2021). Twitter and Facebook belatedly banned thousands of accounts, including the sitting president’s accounts, sparking an ongoing debate about the limits of free speech, tech companies’ power, the responsibility to regulate hateful and violent rhetoric, and how the Internet should governed and by whom
Recommended Citation
Jamieson, T. (2021). Book Review: Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures. Laura DeNardis, Derrick Cogburn, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1883-1886. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17497/3419
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Comments
This is an article published by the University of Southern California Annenberg in the International Journal of Communication in 2021. It can be accessed at https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17497/3419