Siva Vaidhyanathan: Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy

Update: 2018-09-18

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Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Media Studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. He joined Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele to discuss his new book, "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy".

This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded September 11, 2018, at Harvard Kennedy School.

Apologies for the poor sound quality of audience questions.

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Siva Vaidhyanathan: Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy