Computational propaganda (Record no. 25866)
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| fixed length control field | 02256 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780190931414 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 302.30285 |
| Item number | COM- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Computational propaganda |
| Sub Title | : political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Place of publication | United States of America |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Other physical details | 263p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, they support manipulative disinformation campaigns. While some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots, programmed to perform simple, repetitive, robotic tasks. Some social media bots collect and distribute legitimate information, while others communicate with and harass people, manipulate trending algorithms, and inundate systems with spam. Campaigns made up of bots, fake accounts, and trolls can be coordinated by one person, or a small group of people, to give the illusion of large-scale consensus. Some political regimes use political bots to silence opponents and to push official state messaging, to sway the vote during elections, and to defame critics, human rights defenders, civil society groups, and journalists. This book argues that such automation and platform manipulation amounts to a new political communications mechanism that Samuel Woolley and Philip N. Howard call "computational propaganda." This differs from older styles of propaganda in that it uses algorithms, automation, and human curation to purposefully distribute misleading information over social media networks while it actively learns from and mimics real people so as to manipulate public opinion across a diverse range of platforms and device networks. This book includes cases of computational propaganda from nine countries (both democratic and authoritarian) and four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), covering propaganda efforts over a wide array of social media platforms and usage in different types of political processes (elections, referenda, and during political crises). |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political aspects |
| Form subdivision | Social media |
| -- | Online social networks |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Woolley, Samuel C. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Howard, Philip N. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 30/12/2019 | OP | 1018.35 | 2019-12-20 | 302.30285 COM- | 50688 | 1395.00 | 30/12/2019 | Books |