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Islamist Buzzers: Message Flooding, Offline Outreach, and Astroturfing

ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 2019
Based on ethnographic research on Islamist buzzers – social media political operators tasked with making particular online conversation subjects trend – in Indonesia, this article details the process of how the proliferation of insensitive message in ...
Ario Seto
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Welfare assessment of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo) on farm

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract This Scientific Opinion assesses the welfare of turkeys of all ages (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo) on farm in relation to the type and condition of the litter, type and availability of enrichment (including covered veranda and outdoor range), space allowance, concentrations of ammonia and carbon dioxide, effective environmental temperature ...
EFSA Panel Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette S. Herskin, Virginie Michel, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Christoph Winckler, Jutta Berk, Joanna Marchewka, Nienke van Staaveren, Oana Maria Balmos, Chiara Fabris, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Yves Van der Stede, Marika Vitali, Cristina Rojo Gimeno, Antonio Velarde, Anja Brinch Riber   +27 more
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Profiling Astroturfers on Facebook: A Complete Framework for Labeling, Feature Extraction, and Classification

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
The practice of online astroturfing has become increasingly pervasive in recent years, with the growth in popularity of social media. Astroturfing consists of promoting social, political, or other agendas in a non-transparent or deceitful way, where the ...
Jonathan Schler, Elisheva Bonchek-Dokow
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„Astroturfing“ als Desinformationsstrategie am Beispiel (heimlich) pharmafinanzierter Patientinnen-Initiativen [PDF]

Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, 2021
Desinformationskampagnen können verschiedene Formen annehmen, bzw. Strategien verfolgen: Etwa, Konfusionen erzeugen, um relevante Tatsachen mit Nebensächlichkeiten zu überdecken. Oder es wird durch propagandistische Anstrengungen ein eigenes Narrativ, eine Gegenerzählung etabliert, um den wissenschaftlichen Konsens in Zweifel zu ziehen, weil er ...
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School Boards, Book Challenges, and State Literacy Policy: A Case Study of Policy Layering and Literacy

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 1, January/February/March 2026.
Analyzing both state policy changes and the local conversations regarding implementation through the lens of policy layering, we found that influence on policy was bidirectional as policy was being negotiated, and many different groups had influence on the enacted policy.
Susan Cridland‐Hughes, Kelly Buck, Jed Cridland‐Hughes, Carlos Nicolas Gomez Marchant   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of fake news campaigns using graph convolutional networks

International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 2022
The detection of organised disinformation campaigns that spread fake news, by first camouflaging them as real ones is crucial in the battle against misinformation and disinformation in social media.
Dimitrios Michail, Nikos Kanakaris, Iraklis Varlamis   +2 more
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Detecting astroturf lobbying movements

Communication and the Public, 2020
Astroturf lobbying refers to the simulation of grassroots support for or against a public policy. The objective of this tactic is for private interests to pretend they have public support for their cause. However, omitting to disclose the real sponsor of a message renders the communication unauthentic and undermines democratic and pluralist values ...
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El astroturfing como una estrategia publicitaria engañosa y abusiva en las plataformas de mercado

Cadernos de Comunicação, 2021
En el ámbito del comercio electrónico, antes del proceso de compra de un determinado producto/servicio, se suele informar al consumidor de las características de los bienes y, más aún, de sus evaluaciones por parte de terceros usuarios.
Fabrício Germano Alves, J. M. V. Gardeta, Pedro Henrique da Mata Rodrigues Sousa   +2 more
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Hydrochorous Dispersal of Diaspores in a Reconnected Floodplain: Distribution Patterns and Potential for the Development of Floodplain Habitats

Applied Vegetation Science, Volume 29, Issue 1, January/March 2026.
Dike relocation reconnected a section of the Elbe River to its floodplain, thereby restoring a more natural flooding regime, and hydrochorous dispersal of diaspores. Low areas received the most abundant and diverse diaspore deposition, which was dominated by herbaceous species characteristic of open floodplain habitats.
Sebastian Schäfer, Anikó Pusztazeri, Gert Rosenthal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Parrhesia as a Counterweight to Astroturfing [PDF]

, 2012
Astroturfing—fake grassroots communications about an issue of public interest—is further problematized in digital space. Because digitally mediated communication easily accommodates pseudonymous and anonymous speech, digital ethos depends upon finding the proper balance between the ability to create pseudonymous and anonymous online presences and the ...
Allard-Huver, François, Gilewicz, Nicholas   +1 more
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