To what extent are Internet users resilient to online censorship? When does censorship
influence consumption of information and when does it create backlash? Drawing on a …

Andreas Hepp takes an integrative look at one of the biggest questions in media and
communications research: how digital media is changing society. Often, such questions are …

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

The spread of misinformation, including “fake news,” propaganda, and conspiracy theories,
represents a serious threat to society, as it has the potential to alter beliefs, behavior, and …

Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by practices
of information warfare, yet existing evidence is largely anecdotal while large-scale empirical …

This study sought to investigate factors causing the spread of fake news on digital media
(DM) and to explore the sometimes disastrous consequences of fake news on social media …

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 Liberal International Order (LIO) is currently being undermined not only by states such
as Russia but also by voters in the West. We argue that both veins of discontent are driven …

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and
citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists …

This paper studies information diffusion in social media and the potential role of bots in
influencing public opinions. Using Twitter data on the 2016 EU Referendum (“Brexit”) and …