Forecasting the governance of harmful social media communications: findings from the digital wildfire policy Delphi

Social media exhibits the core characteristics of emergent technologies. It is disruptive of established ways of organising social relations, is evolving at an exponential pace and its effects, including the production of new ‘goods’ and ‘bads’, are highly uncertain. Interest in understanding these...

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Authors: Edwards, Adam (Author) ; Webb, Helena (Author) ; Housley, William 1970- (Author) ; Beneito-Montagut, Roser (Author) ; Procter, Rob (Author) ; Jirotka, Marina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Policing and society
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19
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