Gatekee** fake news discourses on mainstream media versus social media

A Al-Rawi - Social science computer review, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study analyzes mainstream media (MSM) coverage of fake news discourse and
compares it with social networking sites (SNS) users who reference the term “fakenews” in …

Amplifying influence through coordinated behaviour in social networks

D Weber, F Neumann - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2021 - Springer
Political misinformation, astroturfing and organised trolling are online malicious behaviours
with significant real-world effects that rely on making the voices of the few sounds like the …

Combining advanced computational social science and graph theoretic techniques to reveal adversarial information operations

M Alassad, B Spann, N Agarwal - Information Processing & Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Social media has influenced socio-political aspects of many societies around the world. It is
an effortless way for people to enhance their communication, connect with like-minded …

Who's in the gang? Revealing coordinating communities in social media

D Weber, F Neumann - … in Social Networks Analysis and Mining …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Political astroturfing and organised trolling are online malicious behaviours with significant
real-world effects. Common approaches examining these phenomena focus on broad …

Detection and characterization of coordinated online behavior: A survey

L Mannocci, M Mazza, A Monreale, M Tesconi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Coordination is a fundamental aspect of life. The advent of social media has made it integral
also to online human interactions, such as those that characterize thriving online …

Examining the use of botnets and their evolution in propaganda dissemination

N Agarwal, S Al-Khateeb, R Galeano… - Defence Strategic …, 2017 - ceeol.com
Social media is increasingly used to communicate strategic information during crises and to
enable authorities to act tactfully. Numerous journalistic accounts have highlighted the …

Active, aggressive, but to little avail: characterizing bot activity during the 2020 Singaporean elections

J Uyheng, LHX Ng, KM Carley - Computational and Mathematical …, 2021 - Springer
Digital disinformation presents a challenging problem for democracies worldwide, especially
in times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. In countries like Singapore, legislative efforts …

Detecting rumor outbreaks in online social networks

D Frąszczak - Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2023 - Springer
Social media platforms are broadly used to exchange information by milliards of people
worldwide. Each day people share a lot of their updates and opinions on various types of …

Coordinated behavior in information operations on Twitter

L Cima, L Mannocci, M Avvenuti, M Tesconi… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online information operations (IOs) refer to organized attempts to tamper with the regular
flow of information and to influence public opinion. Coordinated online behavior is a tactic …