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Computational propaganda in the United States of America: Manufacturing consensus online
- Abstract:
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Do bots have the capacity to influence the flow of political information over social media? This working paper answers this question through two methodological avenues: A) a qualitative analysis of how political bots were used to support United States presidential candidates and campaigns during the 2016 election, and B) a network analysis of bot influence on Twitter during the same event. Political bots are automated software programs that operate on social media, written to mimic real peopl...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ 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
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Computational Propaganda Project Publisher's website
- Series:
- Computational Propaganda Worldwide
- Pages:
- 1-29
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-19
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:742285
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uuid:620ce18f-69ed-4294-aa85-184af2b5052e
- Local pid:
- pubs:742285
- Source identifiers:
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742285
- Deposit date:
- 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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