{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9a03fe9e-1ff0-4dcc-b3f6-50bd1f016ea4/24b22746-6fa2-4a48-9ed8-2efcef9f5f5c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S01-EP04 - John Naughton on Facebook in Politics, Edward Snowden, & Surveillance","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195701f2eacc3a36070252a/619570bdcb3c660012e3d73e.jpg?height=200","description":"Could Facebook really decide the outcome of this election? Is the Internet a positive force for democracy?  Why is global surveillance, as unveiled by Edward Snowden, not an electoral issue? We put these questions to Prof John Naughton – author of A Brief History of the Future and early advocate of the Internet’s power to change the world – and ask if politicians are tuned-in to the transformative potential of social media. Putting cynicism to one side, the team then give their good-points about the General Election so far.     Posted 4/3/15. For more information about this episode and others go to http://www.cam.ac.uk/podcasts/election","author_name":"David Runciman and Catherine Carr"}