How should we understand public debate in the era of social media? Can the internet be salvaged for democracy promotion? Or is it a Trojan horse for a dystopian future? Phil Howard of the Oxford Internet Institute talks about social media and politics.

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Music credit: Glasstress by Max Casacci and Daniele Mana/ spoken word audio added to the original

Photo: Oxford, England, October 2017.