Social media and the public interest: media regulation in the disinformation age

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Taming of the Web and the Rise of Algorithmic News -- 2. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Transformation of News Organizations -- 3. The First Amendment, Fake News, and Filter Bubbles -- 4. The Structure of the Algorithmic Marketplace of Ideas -- 5. The Public-Interest Principle in Media Governance: Past and Present -- 6. Reviving the Public Interest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Philip M. Napoli offers a timely and persuasive case for seeing social media as news media, with a fundamental obligation to serve the public interest. Social Media and the Public Interest offers valuable insights for the democratic governance of today's most influential shapers of news