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The Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion: A Double-Edged Sword

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  • Stefan Stieglitz

    (Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

  • Björn Ross

    (Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation, University of Edinburgh, UK)

Abstract

Social media plays a major role in public communication in many countries. Therefore, it has a large impact on societies and their cohesion. This thematic issue explores the impact social media has on social cohesion on a local or national level. The nine articles in this issue focus on both the potential of social media usage to foster social cohesion and the possible drawbacks of social media which could negatively influence the development and maintenance of social cohesion. In the articles, social cohesion is examined from different perspectives with or without the background of crisis, and on various social media platforms. The picture that emerges is that of social media as, to borrow a phrase used in one of the articles, a double-edged sword.

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  • Stefan Stieglitz & Björn Ross, 2022. "The Impact of Social Media on Social Cohesion: A Double-Edged Sword," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 104-107.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v10:y:2022:i:2:p:104-107
    DOI: 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5792
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    1. Mario Bisiada, 2022. "Discourse and Social Cohesion in and After the Covid-19 Pandemic," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 204-213.
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    5. Ilse L. Pit & Harm Veling & Johan C. Karremans, 2022. "Does Passive Facebook Use Promote Feelings of Social Connectedness?," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 119-129.
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