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Regulation &Governance, Volume 20, Issue 1, Page 105-118, January 2026.ABSTRACT There is a continuing debate on whether the internet serves as a public sphere for meaningful political discussion and increases political engagement. Yet, we know little about how internet users in authoritarian regimes perceive and experience online political discussion beyond the dominant frame of censorship and surveillance.
Daniela Stockmann, Ting Luo
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Machine Learning and Knowledge ExtractionThe 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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De la parrhesia à la digital parrhesia : ethos numérique, identité et transparence en questions
Itinéraires, 2016 This article examines the question of digital ethos and particularly the complex relationship between ethos and public sphere. Relying on the concept of parrhesia, it develops a theoretical and methodological proposal on the concept of digital parrhesia,
François Allard-Huver
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Disinformation in social networks: current state and perspective research directions
Социальная психология и общество, 2018 Studying problem of disinformation psychology mechanisms (manipulation of in- formation process), including developing in social psychology way — psychology ma- nipulation in social and mass media.
Mikheev E.A., Nestik T.A.
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Astroturfing Technologies on a Point of Law
Legal Concept, 2021 Introduction: in the social conditions that are changing under the influence of information and communication technologies, it is of particular importance to protect the interests of consumers from illegal actions of unscrupulous market participants.
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Astroturfing e a violência dos memes na Política do Brasil
Lumina, 2017 O presente artigo examina os tipos de violência presentes nos memes que retrataram os candidatos à Presidência do Brasil em 2014 na internet e relaciona esses conteúdos com as práticas do Astroturfing, termo norte-americano que caracteriza a realização ...
Heitor Pinheiro Rezende
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Lobbying in the Shadows: A Comparative Analysis of Government Lobbyist Registers
The Milbank Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 3, Page 857-882, September 2025.Policy Points Our research provides a starting point to benchmark government transparency measures to improve the quality and accessibility of information about lobbying. Policymakers and regulators can use our framework to develop or strengthen their own lobbying registers.
JENNIFER LACY‐NICHOLS +3 more
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O (des)controlo da Internet: bad bots, astroturfing e flogging
Revista Brasileira de História da Mídia, 2016 A Internet atravessa atualmente uma fase complexa e difícil de definir dadas as características algo movediças e instáveis da sua evolução. Pode, por exemplo, identificar-se uma luta de contrários, entre uma tendência que procura preservar a essência ...
F. Rui Cádima
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La Revista Icono 14, 2022 Este trabajo busca determinar la aplicación de estrategias de Astroturfing en Twitter, a nivel español, durante el periodo de pandemia a causa de la Covid-19, en la primavera del año 2020.
Sergio Arce-García, Dr. +2 more
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Not our kind of crowd! How partisan bias distorts perceptions of political bots on Twitter (now X)
British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 64, Issue 2, April 2025.Abstract Social bots, employed to manipulate public opinion, pose a novel threat to digital societies. Existing bot research has emphasized technological aspects while neglecting psychological factors shaping human–bot interactions. This research addresses this gap within the context of the US‐American electorate.
Adrian Lüders +4 more
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