Computational propaganda : political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media / Samuel C. Woolley and Philip N. Howard.
Contributor(s): Woolley, Samuel C [editor.]
| Howard, Philip N [editor.].Series: Oxford studies in digital politics: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190934095 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Twitter | Facebook (Electronic resource) | Social media -- Political aspects | Online social networks -- Political aspects | Propaganda -- Technological innovations | Disinformation -- Technological innovations | Generators (Computer programs)Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190931407DDC classification: 302.30285 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, but support computational propaganda and manipulative disinformation campaigns. Although some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to perform simple, repetitive, robotic tasks. Including case studies from nine countries and covering propaganda efforts over a wide array of social media platforms, this text argues that bots, fake accounts, and social media algorithms amount to a new political communications mechanism that it terms 'computational propaganda.'
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, but support computational propaganda and manipulative disinformation campaigns. Although some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to perform simple, repetitive, robotic tasks. Including case studies from nine countries and covering propaganda efforts over a wide array of social media platforms, this text argues that bots, fake accounts, and social media algorithms amount to a new political communications mechanism that it terms 'computational propaganda.'
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