Tag: Publishing
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Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter?
19 September 2017
Author:Automation and propaganda can significantly impact public life during important policy debates, elections, and political crises. We collected Twitter data on bot activity and junk news using a set of ...
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Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
17 July 2017
Author:Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social media. In this working paper, we report on specific organizations created, often 8ith ...
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Social Media and News Sources during the 2017 UK General Election
6 June 2017
Author:Platforms like Twitter and sources like Wikipedia are important parts of the information diet for many citizens. In this data memo, we analyse Twitter data on bot activity and ...
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Junk News and Bots during the French Presidential Election (Round II)
5 May 2017
Author:Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ...
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Junk News and Bots during the French Presidential Election (Round I)
21 April 2017
Author:Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms. The combination of automation and propaganda can significantly impact public opinion during important ...
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Pro #Brexit Twitter Bots (in German)
18 January 2017
Author:Sind womöglich Maschinen schuld? Gemeint ist die britische Anti-EU Entscheidung von vergangenem Freitag. Vor der Abstimmung waren auffällig viele Pro-Brexit Stimmen in den sozialen Netzwerken zu finden, vor allem ...
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Fake News Bots
10 January 2017
Author:Automated social media accounts known as ‘bots’ may be used to distort political perception online. We speak with research director Samuel Woolley of the Oxford Internet Institute’s Computational Propaganda ...
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Computer & Neue Medien (in German)
4 January 2017
Author:1. Es postet die Maschine. Wenn TwitterBots Politik machen. 2. Häppchenweise. Über Micro-Learning und Fortbildung in kleinen Portionen. 3. Stuttgart oder Detroit? Das autonome Auto als Kampfplatz zwischen alten ...
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Bot Tweets Influencing U.S. Election
23 October 2016
Author:The project’s research was covered in this CBC news story on the US election. Automated accounts are sending out tweets that could amplify and distort the U.S. election noise. ...
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Social Media Bots During the Elections
20 October 2016
Author:Sam Woolley
Our Director of Research Sam Woolley recently appeared on Seattle’s Q13 television channel to discuss the potential effect of bots on the US election. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1kT4Agxn3Q
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A look at bots influencing social media in the US election, ways to take back control of your mobile, and the latest drone from GoPro
25 September 2016
Author:Our research was featured in a segment of the BBC show Click, about the role of social media bots in modern political communication. Watch the video on BBC iPlayer.
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These ‘bots’ could sway the Brexit vote
23 June 2016
Author:Automated social media accounts are being used by both sides in the Brexit debate, a new report shows, with some experts fearing that a sudden surge in activity by ...
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How Twitter Bots Could Sway the Outcome of the Presidential Election
23 May 2016
Author:In the midst of the most unprecedented election season in recent history, questioning the political power of technology is now more important than ever. Over on Wired, Samuel Wooley ...
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We’re in a Bot Gold Rush. Kik tells you how to strike it rich.
9 March 2016
Author:Quinn Brenner was living a nightmare. Her mother passed away. She was rejected from drama school. Then, as she was leaving an audition, she was hit by a car. ...
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Les bots informatiques : énigmes légales dans un avenir rempli de robots
2 March 2016
Author:Selon Andrew Leonard, journaliste et auteur du livre Bots : The Origin of New Species, un bot est « un programme informatique autonome supposé intelligent, doué de personnalité, et ...
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Presentation at AoIR 2015
10 August 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
Project Researcher Norah Abokhodair led the team in the work leading to the paper “Architecture for Understanding the Automated Imaginary: A Working Qualitative Methodology for Research on Political Bots,” ...
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Venezuela Ruling Party Leverages Twitter bots as Censorship Pushes Political Debate Online
5 August 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s approval ratings may be languishing below 30 percent, but on Twitter he’s as popular as Pope Francis — or so it ...
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Sketching out the Internet of Things Trendline
11 June 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
The Internet of Things is hard to track. As I point out in Pax Technica , what makes it hard to estimate the size of the Internet of Things ...
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Review: Pax Technica, by Philip Howard
22 May 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
The subject of this book — the emerging “internet of things” — could not be more timely and important; and its central premise — that this new stage in ...
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CHI ’15 Presentation
21 April 2015
Author:Sam Woolley
Graduate Researcher Norah Abokhodair gave a presentation in South Korea on her planned dissertation research at CHI ’15 entitled “Transmigrant Saudi Arabian Youth and Social Media: Privacy, Intimacy and ...
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