Social bots in political communication

Social bots in political communication

In political communication, social bots are a new phenomenon of using automated algorithms that imitate behavior of real political agents in online social networks. The article presents a review of foreign and Russian approaches to the study of social bots. The authors identify three main thematic f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: V V Vasilkova, N I Legostaeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2019-12-01
Series:RUDN journal of Sociology
Subjects:
social bots
political communication
manipulation
public opinion
electoral practices
methods for revealing bots
Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/viewFile/20562/16640

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