SoK: False Information, Bots and Malicious Campaigns: Demystifying Elements of Social Media Manipulations

MM Akhtar, R Masood, M Ikram… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The rapid spread of false information and persistent manipulation attacks on online social
networks (OSNs), often for political, ideological, or financial gain, has affected the openness …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the debate dynamics of political communication in social media networks

O Magdaci, Y Matalon, D Yamin - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
Social networks' ability to disseminate content to millions of users with just one click has
made them a major playground for political marketing. Campaigners seek to identify a small …

Political communication on social media in Latin America: unequal use of Twitter by members of parliament

M Haman - Profesional de la información, 2023 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
This article focuses on the under-researched topic of the use of Twitter by members of
parliament (MPs) in Latin America. There have not yet been any thorough comparative …

Bots don't vote, but they surely bother! a study of anomalous accounts in a national referendum

E Graells-Garrido, R Baeza-Yates - Proceedings of the 14th ACM Web …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The Web contains several social media platforms for exchange of ideas and content
publishing. These platforms are used by people, but also by distributed agents known as …

The Role of Social Media Platforms in Forecasting Elections: A Comparison of Twitter and Facebook

T Vepsäläinen, H Li, R Suomi - Digital Government: Research and …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Prior literature shows that social media could be used to forecast political elections. Most
studies have focused on a single social media platform, and few studies have explored the …

The electoral success of social media losers: a study on the usage and influence of Twitter in times of elections in Paraguay

J Saldivar, C Parra, M Laconich, L Cernuzzi - SN Social Sciences, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, social media has become increasingly relevant in democratic decision-
making processes, such as referendums or elections. Recent investigations have raised the …

Homophily and Transitivity in Bot Disinformation Networks

EM Williams, V Novak, D Blackwell… - … on Social Networks …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many disinformation and propaganda campaigns on social media platforms deploy social
bots-artificial accounts that pose as humans-to disseminate political propaganda. To …

Analysis of the first round of 2018 government election for the state of Rio de Janeiro based on Twitter

F SPIEGEL RUBIN, Y Luz de Almeida… - Proceedings of the XVII …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Social networks such as Twitter have become the main platforms for political debate in the
field of Information Systems, making it an effective tool for candidates and parties to promote …

Identification of Bots and Cyborgs in the# FeesMustFall Campaign

Y Khan, S Thakur, O Obiyemi, E Adetiba - Informatics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bots (social robots) are computer programs that replicate human behavior in online social
networks. They are either fully automated or semi-automated, and their use makes online …

[PDF][PDF] Bots don't Vote, but They Surely Bother!

E Graells-Garrido, R Baeza-Yates - A Study of Anomalous Accounts …, 2022 - academia.edu
The Web contains several social media platforms for exchange of ideas and content
publishing. These platforms are used by people, but also by distributed agents known as …