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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana — Social media scholars have known for some time that politicians are among the most prolific spreaders of misinformation on social media. The latest in a series of […]
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Since 2014 there have been at least 74 nation-state led online influence campaigns targeting other countries through deceptive social media, with 21 of those in 2019 alone. How are such […]
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While memes may never tip an election one way or another, they are increasingly used in persuasive political communications by politicians, pundits, foreign agents, marketers, ideologues, and ordinary folks, compelling journalists to cover memes as part of the political beat. In this essay, Joan Donovan asks, when does a meme become disinformation? And what happens…
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With the election imminent, social media platforms find themselves once again in the awkward position of being the referee deciding whether to call a penalty kick in overtime. Especially since […]
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The Kremlin sponsored an aggressive propaganda campaign using social media to influence the 2016 U.S. elections. In an effort to determine the impact of the disinformation campaign on voters, the […]
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Innovation and technological advancements are continuous, evolving products of knowledge consolidation, human ingenuity, and adaptive capacity. New forms of communication, banking, farming, and transportation technology have transformed the physical and […]
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Content moderation has exploded as a policy, advocacy, and public concern. But these debates still tend to be driven by high-profile incidents and to focus on the largest, US based […]
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The 2016 US election made it clear that social media companies play a profound role in how voters are informed and influenced. What role should social media companies be playing […]
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Throughout 2017, pranksters and extremists utilized parody accounts to discredit the antifascist movement in the US, taking advantage of available and official-sounding Twitter handles and public confusion about antifascists to […]
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On the same day this week that YouTube said it would remove more, quote, “conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world violence,” unquote, President Trump refused to disavow one of […]