Project description DEENESFRITPL The impact of social media on politics At the frontier between computer science and political science, the public arena is where citizens and political elites come together to discuss and develop shared agendas. Digital technologies have changed the public arena; social media networks have made it more open and more responsive. The EU-funded SoMe4Dem project will focus on the impact of social media on society in terms of political debates and provide better empirical evidence. Moreover, it will explore how these platforms lead to new mechanisms of fragmentation and exclusion. SoMe4Dem will also develop tools to ensure social media contribute to the functioning of the public arena in a liberal democracy. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Social media for democracy – understanding the causal mechanisms of digital citizenship (SoMe4Dem)Current diagnoses that democracy is in crisis at the beginning of the 21st century share a common argumentative reference point: the (implicit) reference to the dysfunctional constitution of the political public sphere which is currently undergoing structural change. The rise of social media platforms is considered as one of its main constituents. While social media make the public arena more open and thus more responsive, these platforms also lead to new mechanisms of fragmentation and exclusion, an erosion of norms in public debate and a loss of trust in traditional institutions.The project will reconsider the diagnoses of this crisis by (1) providing better empirical evidence for the impact of social media on society with respect to political debates, (2) understanding the main causal mechanisms of this impact and (3) developing tools that improve the capacity of social media to contribute to the functioning of the public arena in a liberal democracy, i.e. deliberation, legitimation and the self-perception of the democratic subject. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracy Programme(s) HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society Main Programme HORIZON.2.2.1 - Democracy and Governance Topic(s) HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-07 - Politics and the impact of online social networks and new media Call for proposal HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Net EU contribution € 788 875,00 Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 80539 Munchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA Italy Net EU contribution € 259 369,00 Address Dorsoduro 3246 30123 Venezia See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG Germany Net EU contribution € 210 687,50 Address Ritterstrasse 26 04109 Leipzig See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands Net EU contribution € 330 994,21 Address Spui 21 1012WX Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL Belgium Net EU contribution € 313 750,00 Address Pleinlaan 2 1050 Bruxelles / brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. 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