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Polarisation and the use of technology in political campaigns and communication

Polarisation and the use of technology in political campaigns and communication

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between technology, democracy and the polarisation of public discourse. Technology is inherently political, and the ways in which it is designed and used have ongoing implications for participation, deliberation, and democracy. Algorithms, automation, big data analytics ...

Cindy Ma2019-03-11T12:48:39+00:00March 11th, 2019|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

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What is platform governance?

What is platform governance?

The article 'What is platform governance?' by Robert Gorwa was published in Information, Communication & Society, with support from the Computational Propaganda Project. ABSTRACT: Following a host of high-profile scandals, the political influence of platform companies (the global corporations that that operate online ‘platforms’ such ...

Cindy Ma2019-02-13T16:13:23+00:00February 11th, 2019|Academic Articles, Research|

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Government Responses to Malicious Use of Social Media

Government Responses to Malicious Use of Social Media

The following paper was published by the NATO STRATCOM Centre of Excellence as a part of their series on 'Countering the Malicious Use of Social Media.' You can read the paper on their website here. Since 2016, at least 43 countries around the globe have ...

Cindy Ma2019-01-21T11:24:53+00:00January 21st, 2019|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

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Measuring Traffic Manipulation on Twitter

Measuring Traffic Manipulation on Twitter

Twitter is a major platform for political communication and campaigning, used extensively by political parties, lobbying groups, and activists in many democratic debates around the world. It has proven to be vulnerable to traffic manipulation by small but coordinated user groups, and those who control ...

Cindy Ma2019-01-21T10:53:31+00:00January 15th, 2019|Working Papers & Data Memos|

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The IRA and Political Polarization in the United States

The IRA and Political Polarization in the United States

Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) launched an extended attack on the United States by using computational propaganda to misinform and polarize US voters. This report provides the first major analysis of this attack based on data provided by social media firms to the Senate Select ...

Cindy Ma2019-01-23T14:51:27+00:00December 17th, 2018|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

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Climate Change Consensus and Skepticism: Mapping Climate Change Dialogue on Twitter and Facebook

Climate Change Consensus and Skepticism: Mapping Climate Change Dialogue on Twitter and Facebook

Concerns are growing about the polarization of the climate change debate. Despite broad consensus among scientists that climate change is both occurring and anthropogenic, a vocal movement expresses skepticism about the validity of the scientific consensus. In this data memo, we analyze the climate change ...

Cindy Ma2018-11-28T08:57:18+00:00November 28th, 2018|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

Science and Junk News Memo

Abstract Lorem Ipsum Abstract Download the memo here. Authors. "Title." Data Memo 2018.6. Oxford, UK: Project on Computational Propaganda. comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk

ComProp2018-11-14T13:27:38+00:00November 15th, 2018|Research|

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Launching our Junk News Aggregator

Launching our Junk News Aggregator

We're announcing the launch of a new tool, designed to help journalists and the public keep track of online misinformation and hoaxes as they spread in real time. The Junk News Aggregator, created by Mimie Liotsiou, is an interactive tool for exploring junk news stories ...

ComProp2019-02-06T17:31:12+00:00November 1st, 2018|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

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Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption on Social Media During the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption on Social Media During the 2018 US Midterm Elections

In the United States, social media platforms serve significant volumes of junk political news and information during important moments in political life—particularly elections. In this data memo, we examine the sources of political news and information that were shared by social media users in the ...

ComProp2018-11-01T10:22:11+00:00November 1st, 2018|Research, Working Papers & Data Memos|

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Computational Propaganda: The Book

Computational Propaganda: The Book

We're very pleased to announce the publication of the project's first book, Computational Propaganda: Political Parties, Politicians, and Political Manipulation on Social Media, edited by Sam Woolley and Phil Howard. The book, which has been published by Oxford University Press' Digital Politics series (edited by Andrew Chadwick), ...

ComProp2018-10-19T08:15:04+00:00October 19th, 2018|Books, Research|