Junk News and Bots during the German Federal Presidency Election: What Were German Voters Sharing Over Twitter?
Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms.[...]
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How fake news becomes a popular, trending topic
I was interviewed for a 60 Minutes investigation on ‘fake news’ and disinformation, which featured the COMPROP team’s[...]
Read moreJunk News and Bots during the U.S. Election: What Were Michigan Voters Sharing Over Twitter?
Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms.[...]
Read moreSocial Media, Civic Engagement, and the Slactivism Hypothesis: Lessons from Mexico’s “El Bronco”
Does social media use have a positive or negative impact on civic engagement? The cynical “slacktivism[...]
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Commentary: Facebook and Twitter’s real sin goes beyond spreading fake news
Social media companies are taking heat for influencing the outcomes of the U.S. presidential election and[...]
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Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say
Our research was featured in this New York Times article on the U.S. Election and bots.
Read moreBots and Automation over Twitter during the U.S. Election
Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and political bots have been[...]
Read moreBots and Automation over Twitter during the Third U.S. Presidential Debate
Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and political bots have been[...]
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Cracking the stealth political influence of bots
Among the millions of real people tweeting about the presidential race, there are also a lot[...]
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Bot Tweets Influencing U.S. Election
Contributed to this CBC National news story on bots and the election.
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Donald Trump Twitter Bot Announces Candidacy For President
Donald Trump’s use of fourth grade-level language may be a powerful rhetorical tool, but his linguistic austerity has[...]
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Donald Trump support during presidential debate was inflated by bots, professor says
Our research was featured in the Independent.
Read moreBots and Automation over Twitter during the Second U.S. Presidential Debate
Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and political bots have been[...]
Read moreBots and Automation over Twitter during the First U.S. Presidential Debate
Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and political bots have been[...]
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Un « bot » Twitter imite Donald Trump pour mieux le dénoncer
Helped with a story for Le Monde, on bots and computational propaganda.
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Trump’s Twitter debate lead was ‘swelled by bots’
Our research on highly automated Twitter account activity during the first U.S. Presidential debate was covered[...]
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