Introduction to the Social and Ethical Challenges Accompanying Digital and Social Media Minitrack
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This minitrack addresses the increasing social and ethical concerns about the potential for harm from the affordances of social media technologies. Social and digital media, as the set of technologies and services that enable the production and consumption of information by individuals, is shifting the locus of gatekeeping and power in society and enabling new choices for individuals and groups to share information and knowledge.
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