Digital media are critical for contemporary activism—even low-effort “clicktivism” is politically
consequential and contributes to offline participation. We argue that in the United States and …

The popularity and application of artificial intelligence (AI) are increasing rapidly all around
the world—where, in simple terms, AI is a technology which mimics the behaviors commonly …

Social bots have become an important component of online social media. Deceptive bots, in
particular, can manipulate online discussions of important issues ranging from elections to …

In recent years, news media has been greatly disrupted by the potential of technologically
driven approaches in the creation, production, and distribution of news products and …

Over the last few years, a proliferation of attempts to define, understand and fight the spread
of problematic information in contemporary media ecosystems emerged. Most of these …

This article presents a typological study of the Twitter accounts operated by the Internet
Research Agency (IRA), a company specialized in online influence operations based in St …

It has become apparent that human accounts are not the sole actors in the social media
scenario. The expanding role of social media in the consumption and diffusion of information …

Previous research dedicated a lot of effort to investigation of the activities of the Internet
Research Agency, a Russia-based troll factory, as well as other information operations …

This introduction to the special issue considers how independent research on
mis/disinformation campaigns can be conducted in a corporate environment hostile to …

The growing influence of social bots in political discussion networks has raised significant
concerns, particularly given their potential to adversely impact democratic outcomes. In this …