This would be excellent for discussing media — especially “new” media — and democracy.
‘Hard Questions: What Effect Does Social Media Have on Democracy?‘-Facebook Newsroom
Link to US Civitas Facebook Discussion Thread
Challenges & Promise of the Information Revolution
Lawrence Lessig on How the Internet is Breaking Democracy
This brings together a lot of topics: public opinion, polling, media, polarization, and the duty of citizens and opinion leaders to be responsible consumers and producers of political information (news literacy).