Essays about: "Twitter bots"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Twitter bots.

  1. 1. Twitter Bots as a Threat to Democracy : How political bots on Twitter jeopardized democratic functions of the online public sphere during the 2022 Swedish general election

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linus Wahlberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Political bots; Social bots; Twitter bots; Social media bots; Social network bots; Public sphere theory; Public sphere; Online public sphere; Virtual public sphere; digital public sphere; networked public sphere; Twitter; Democracy; Threat to democracy; Sweden; Swedish election; Swedish general election; 2022 Swedish general election; Astroturfing; Botometer;

    Abstract : With more political and social discourse taking place online, particularly on social media, theorists have started labeling digital communicative realms as “online public spheres.” However, with the modern public sphere comes modern challenges to political communication; a core antagonist of which is political bots. READ MORE

  3. 2. Act like a human, think like a bot : A study on the capabilities required to implement a social bot on a social media platform

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Håkan Samanci; Magnus Thulin; [2022]
    Keywords : Bots; Social bots; Software engineering; Social media; Twitter; Fake news; Capabilities; Bottar; Sociala bottar; Mjukvaruutveckling; Sociala medier; Twitter; Missvisande nyheter; Färdigheter;

    Abstract : Social media platforms have revolutionized how people interact with each other and how people gain information. However, social media platforms such as Twitter quickly became a platform for public manipulation and spreading or amplifying political or ideological misinformation. READ MORE

  4. 3. The virtual public sphere and social movements on social media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zakarias Dahlberg; Bartlomiej Mancewicz; [2021]
    Keywords : social media movements; public sphere; digital public sphere; affect; twitter; Black Lives Matter; MeToo; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Like many things, social movements have been able to take a new form, and behave differently, thanks to the rise of the internet and social media networks. The purpose of this study is to analyze how long lasting this engagement is from its participants, and how short-run participation in social movements can be understood. READ MORE

  5. 4. Survey which examines people's ability to distinguish between bot accounts versus human accounts on Twitter

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Lucas Eren; Sanherib Elia; [2021]
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    Abstract : Social media has grown in popularity and is used for several purposes. One of these purposes is news, where users receive news via a social media service. Twitter is one such service. Twitter is a website where users can follow other accounts to read their posts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Social Media Bot Detection

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Adam Zoltan Kenyeres; [2021]
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    Abstract : Social media platforms have revolutionized how people interact with each other and how people gain information. However, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook quickly became the platform for public manipulation and spreading or amplifying political or ideological misinformation. READ MORE