Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us And Undermines Democracy

"Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media studies scholar at the University of Virginia, was casting a side-eye at Facebook before most of the rest of the world. This scathing volume of social criticism indicts Facebook for its “direct contribution to violent ethnic and religious nationalism, the rise of authoritarian leaders, and a sort of mediated cacophony … undermining trust in institutions and experts.” Can we reform Facebook or rein it in? It’s complicated."