Comparing shades of darkness: trolling victims' experiences on social media vs. online gaming

CL Cook, SYC Tang, JHT Lin - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although there is ample literature available on toxicity in games, as there is regarding
trolling on social media, there are few to no cross-platform studies on toxicity and trolling. In …

From “troll factories” to “littering the information space”: Control strategies over the Russian internet

I Kiriya - Media and Communication, 2021 - cogitatiopress.com
This article explores aspects, transformations, and dynamics of the ideological control of the
internet in Russia. It analyses the strategies of actors across the Russian online space which …

Detecting and responding to hostile disinformation activities on social media using machine learning and deep neural networks

B Cartwright, R Frank, G Weir, K Padda - Neural Computing and …, 2022 - Springer
Disinformation attacks that make use of social media platforms, eg, the attacks orchestrated
by the Russian “Internet Research Agency” during the 2016 US Presidential election …

Of supranodes and socialwashing: network theory and the responsible innovation of social media platforms

P McHugh, E Perrault - Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Social media networks are expanding rapidly, increasing the spread and scale of
information diffusion. Researchers have highlighted distinguishing features of social media …

Critical Intelligence Studies: A new framework for analysis

S Newbery, C Kaunert - Intelligence and National Security, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As the purpose of the study of intelligence is, in part, to aid the practice of intelligence,
scholarship must reflect that practice. This article sets out a theoretical framework for Critical …

Large language models can consistently generate high-quality content for election disinformation operations

AR Williams, L Burke-Moore, RSY Chan… - ar** it authentic: the social footprint of the trolls' network
O Swed, S Dassanayaka, D Volchenkov - Social Network Analysis and …, 2024 - Springer
In 2016, a network of social media accounts animated by Russian operatives attempted to
divert political discourse within the American public around the presidential elections. This …

The birth of identity biopolitics: How social media serves antiliberal populism

B Judge - New Media & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article establishes a theoretical link between the business model of social media and
the resurgence of antiliberal populism. Through a novel set of tactics I term “identity …

Defining comprehensive cognitive security in the digital era: Literature review and concept analysis

H Grahn - Available at SSRN 5030171, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Cognitive security, as an emerging field, is applied across diverse disciplines and contexts,
often with nuanced interpretations or lacking definitions. In the digital age, where the internet …