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This chapter provides the first overview of political bots, fake accounts, and other false amplifiers in Poland. Based on extensive interviews with political campaign managers, journalists, activists, employees of social […]
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Computational Propaganda: Political Parties, Politicians, and Political Manipulation on Social Media
Computational propaganda is an emergent form of political manipulation that occurs over the Internet. The term describes the assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, algorithms, and big data tasked […]
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This study examines algorithm effects on user opinion, utilizing a real-world recommender algorithm of a highly popular video-sharing platform, YouTube. We experimentally manipulate user search/watch history by our custom programming. […]
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Critical Race Theory (CRT) has recently garnered considerable political attention. This study examines how partisan news headlines discussed CRT, specifically analyzing how the incorporated language can resonate with white Americans’ […]
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Most disinformation research focuses on blatantly communicated disinformation. However, disinformation is often communicated more implicitly. In this study, we examined both the effects of suggestive disinformation (implicitly communicated as a […]
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by the dissemination of strategic narratives aimed at legitimizing military aggression and undermining international support for Ukraine. While these narratives often originate […]
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A main problem in the fight against disinformation is the lack of knowledge about the sociodemographic profiles of both recipients and disseminators of false messages circulating on social networks. This […]
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Outside China, WeChat is a conduit for translating and circulating English-language information among the Chinese diaspora. Australian domestic political campaigns exploit the gaps between platform governance and national media policy, […]
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This study investigates the role of encrypted messaging apps, specifically WhatsApp, in disseminating political disinformation during South Africa’s 2024 general elections. Drawing on a dataset of 22,384 messages from 47 […]
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As of 2025, the transatlantic realm is under sustained assault not through open warfare, but through a diffuse, coordinated campaign of cognitive erosion and covert disruption. Russian and Belarusian intelligence […]
