Watch out for the Brexit bots
Our #Brexit work was featured in the Quartz piece “Watch Out for the Brexit Bots” on[...]
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Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing your vote
Our work on Brexit Bots was featured in “Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing[...]
Read moreBots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: Computational Propaganda during the UK-EU Referendum
Bots are social media accounts that automate interaction with other users, and they are active on[...]
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A $1 Million Fight Against Hillary Clinton’s Online Trolls
Helped with a story on the Atlantic about Hillary Clinton’s response to online trolling.
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How the Bundys’ social media machine fed their political movement
Helped with a Washington Post story on how social media is used by radical libertarians in the US.
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How Politicians Use Bots to Manipulate the Public
The CBC radio show Spark did an episode about the political bots project. Phil Howard studies political bots — social media[...]
Read more How Politicians Use Bots to Manipulate the Public
The CBC radio show Spark did an episode about the political bots project.
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Twitter Needs a “Terms of Sharing”
Recently, some colleagues (wonderful team of @MCForelle, @saiphchen, @andresmh) and I came together to study the[...]
Read more More than 26 million people have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag. Here’s why that matters.
Contributed to a Washington Post story on what impact changing Facebook profile photos does, and does not, have.
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Millennials and the Age of Tumblr Activism
Contributed to a story in New York Times about how Tumblr can draw young people into contemporary activism.
Read more #HashtagActivismMatters: Some experts see online-to-IRL change in police protests
Contributed to a Washington Post story on how hashtag activism can translate to policy change:
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After Ferguson: Is ‘Hashtag Activism’ Spurring Policy Changes?
Contributed to NBC news story on role of hashtags in protest within the US post-Ferguson.
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Hamas and Israel Step up Cyber Battle for Hearts and Minds
Contributed to BBC story on the use of social media for propaganda war.
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The Relationship between Media and Politics in the Twitter Age
Interviewed for the Italian news magazine Fromiche about social media and political change.
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Sudan Reporters Go Online to Challenge Crackdown on Press
Contributed to a story about Sudan and online journalism for Bloomberg.
Read moreCEU On Point with Philip N. Howard
In this episode of On Point, Professor Philip N. Howard discusses social media and its role[...]
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