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Computational propaganda in Russia: The origins of digital misinformation
- Abstract:
- Digital propaganda of the Russian government seeks to insulate Putin’s leadership from any domestic challengers and aid in his foreign policy ventures, which increasingly sets Russian interests off against the West. Yet the propaganda tools, including trolls and bots, were conceived and perfected in the pockets of political competition and a globally integrated market economy still left in Putin’s Russia. I discuss how the vibrant Russian blogosphere, left unattended by the government and laser-focused on taking over the traditional media, created the demand for sophisticated online propaganda and censorship tools. I also discuss how the advanced Russian online media and tech sector helped to meet this demand. I conclude with a preliminary report on the detection and exposure of government propaganda online, which could be applicable beyond Russia.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Authors
Contributors
+ Woolley, S
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- Social Sciences Division
- Department:
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Role:
- Editor
+ Howard, P
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- Oxford Internet Institute
- Role:
- Editor
- Publisher:
- Computational Propaganda Project
- Pages:
- 1-25
- Series:
- Computational Propaganda Worldwide
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-19
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:742293
- UUID:
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uuid:555c1e20-60d0-4a20-8837-c68868cc0c96
- Local pid:
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pubs:742293
- Source identifiers:
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742293
- Deposit date:
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2017-11-02
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This paper is available under a Creative Commons, Attribution, NonCommercial, Share-Alike 4.0 license.
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