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  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Can generalised trust in news media change media exposure patterns?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/JMG - Inst f journalistik och masskomm

    Author : Grėtė Kaulinytė; [2020-10-12]
    Keywords : Trust in news media; media trust; media exposure; media exposure; intentional news avoidance; intentional news avoidance; online or social media; alternative political media; attitude-consistent media; counter-attitudinal media;

    Abstract : The question of how trust in news media relates to news media exposure patterns attracts considerable attention from both scholars and society in general. Many previous studies have found that trust in news media positively relates to mainstream media exposure and negatively relates to non-mainstream media exposure, including online and social media news. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ideological Misinformation: How News Corp Australia amplifies the discourses of the reactionary right

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dean Gallagher; [2019]
    Keywords : ideological misinformation; the left; network society; free speech; extremism; critical discourse analysis; News Corp; far-right;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the interactions between Australian mainstream media and social media political influencers and how these interactions amplify ideological misinformation. Social media, particularly YouTube, is increasingly a primary source of news and information for people, principally in the younger 18 – 35-year demographic. READ MORE