The Threat of Postmodern Totalitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288220 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Diamond (0000-0001-5471-666X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-24 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2019.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2910657600 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 1 |
Once hailed as a great force for human empowerment and liberation, social media and related digital tools have rapidly come to be regarded as a major threat to democratic stability and human freedom. Based on a deeply problematic business model, social-media platforms are showing the potential to exacerbate hazards that range from authoritarian privacy violations to partisan echo chambers to the spread of malign disinformation. Authoritarian forces are also profiting from a series of other advances in digital technology, notably including the revolution in artificial intelligence (AI). These developments have the potential to fuel a "postmodern totalitarianism" vividly illustrated by China's rapidly expanding projects of digital surveillance and social control. They also pose a series of challenges for contemporary democracies
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Disinformation · Empowerment · Epistemology · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Social media · Sociology · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Law · Philosophy
Online privacy protection
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The capricious relationship between technology and democracy
Meta-information censorship and the creation of the Chinanet Bubble
Steering or Sleepwalking? The Strange Disappearance of Social Responsibility
The emotional politics of problem definition
Democracy and discernment
Distribution of Forward-Looking Responsibility in the EU Process on AI Regulation
Climate change
Riders on the storm
Social media and democracy
Can Economic Integration Reduce Social Unrest? Evidence From China, Hong Kong, and Macau
Data Management for Platform-Mediated Public Services
The digital blender
Blockchain and E‐Participation
Strategically constructed narratives on artificial intelligence
The limits of AI for authoritarian control
Blogging the Virtual
Digital technology and democracy in Nigeria
Borders in Cyberspace
Ethiopia’s reform efforts, backsliding, and war under Abiy Ahmed’s era
When Does Surveillance Trigger Resistance? Public Response to Escalating Digital Control in China
Digital Intra-Party Democracy
How Authoritarianism Transforms
Transnationalization of Opposition Strategy under Competitive Authoritarianism
Exporting autocrat’s playbook? Diverging impacts of China and Russia on contemporary democratic backsliding
Reference Points and Democratic Backsliding
Propaganda with Subculture
As mídias digitais como ferramentas de manipulação de processos eleitorais democráticos
Resisting erasure
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |