Computational propaganda : political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media / Samuel C. Woolley and Philip N. Howard.

Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, but support computational propaganda and manipulative disinformation campaigns. Although some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to per...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Other Authors:	Woolley, Samuel C. (Editor), Howard, Philip N. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:	Oxford studies in digital politics. Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:	Twitter. Facebook (Electronic resource) Social media > Political aspects. Online social networks > Political aspects. Propaganda > Technological innovations. Disinformation > Technological innovations. Generators (Computer programs)