One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

Utilizing social media data is imperative in comprehending critical insights on the Russia–
Ukraine cyber conflict due to their unparalleled capacity to provide real-time information …

In this paper, we argue that strategic information operations (eg disinformation, political
propaganda, and other forms of online manipulation) are a critical concern for CSCW …

Political astroturfing, a centrally coordinated disinformation campaign in which participants
pretend to be ordinary citizens acting independently, has the potential to influence electoral …

A new era of Information Warfare has arrived. Various actors, including state-sponsored
ones, are weaponizing information on Online Social Networks to run false-information …

Until recently, social media was seen to promote democratic discourse on social and
political issues. However, this powerful communication platform has come under scrutiny for …

This paper investigates online propaganda strategies of the Internet Research Agency (IRA)—
Russian “trolls”—during the 2016 US presidential election. We assess claims that the IRA …

The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

We conducted a mixed-method, interpretative analysis of an online, cross-platform
disinformation campaign targeting the White Helmets, a rescue group operating in rebel …

Disinformation campaigns on social media, involving coordinated activities from malicious
accounts towards manipulating public opinion, have become increasingly prevalent …