A scholarly definition of artificial intelligence (AI): advancing AI as a conceptual framework in communication research

H Gil de Zúñiga, M Goyanes, T Durotoye - Political communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in communication research is gaining
broader interest. This interdisciplinary interest has yet to be supported by a systematic …

Unsupervised social bot detection via structural information theory

H Peng, J Zhang, X Huang, Z Hao, A Li, Z Yu… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Research on social bot detection plays a crucial role in maintaining the order and reliability
of information dissemination while increasing trust in social interactions. The current …

Anatomy of an AI-powered malicious social botnet

KC Yang, F Menczer - ar** functions of shadowbans in the American Twitterverse
K Jaidka, S Mukerjee, Y Lelkes - Journal of Communication, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Algorithms play a critical role in steering online attention on social media. Many have
alleged that algorithms can perpetuate bias. This study audited shadowbanning, where a …

Manufacturing conflict or advocating peace? A study of social bots agenda building in the Twitter discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war

B Zhao, W Ren, Y Zhu, H Zhang - Journal of Information …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, social media become the major contested field
for both sides. Social bots are widely involved in the Russia-Ukraine war discussion as …

Exposure to social bots amplifies perceptual biases and regulation propensity

HY Yan, KC Yang, J Shanahan, F Menczer - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Automated accounts on social media that impersonate real users, often called “social bots,”
have received a great deal of attention from academia and the public. Here we present …

Twitter data from the 2019–20 Australian bushfires reveals participatory and temporal variations in social media use for disaster recovery

R Ogie, A Moore, R Wickramasuriya, M Amirghasemi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Social media platforms have proved to be vital sources of information to support disaster
response and recovery. A key issue, though, is that social media conversation about …

Friction interventions to curb the spread of misinformation on social media

L Jahn, RK Rendsvig, A Flammini, F Menczer… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Social media has enabled the spread of information at unprecedented speeds and scales,
and with it the proliferation of high-engagement, low-quality content.* Friction*--behavioral …