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Russian Twitter disinformation campaigns reach across the American political spectrum

Freelon, Deen and Lokot, Tetyana orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2488-4045 (2020) Russian Twitter disinformation campaigns reach across the American political spectrum. Misinformation Review .

Abstract
Evidence from an analysis of Twitter data reveals that Russian social media trolls exploited racial and political identities to infiltrate distinct groups of authentic users, playing on their group identities. The groups affected spanned the ideological spectrum, suggesting the importance of coordinated counter-responses from diverse coalitions of users.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Disinformation; Politics; Social Media; Twitter
Subjects:Social Sciences > Communication
Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications
Publisher:The Harvard Kennedy School
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-003
Copyright Information:© 2020 Open Access
ID Code:24154
Deposited On:11 Mar 2020 11:49 by Tetyana Lokot . Last Modified 11 Mar 2020 11:49
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