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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 +2 more
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Untangling Taiwan’s Hybridity With Structural Dysfunctions
Social Media + Society, 2020 Taiwan’s exceptionally high Internet penetration and social media adoption rates, combined with the growing centrality of digital tools and networks in shaping national politics, make it an interesting case for Internet researchers.
Adrian Rauchfleisch, Jo-yao Chi
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 100-124, January 2026.Abstract The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy‐making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened corporate lobbying and third‐country influence test the EU's regulatory capacity and the stringency of its standards while shifting political tides ...
Matti Ylönen
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Astroturfing in online comment: An investigation
This paper investigates ‘astroturfing’ (the creation of armies of ‘sockpuppet’ personae towards influencing public opinion) in online news comments. Concerns about this practice and its potential impact on public discourse have been voiced in the press ...
Dick M
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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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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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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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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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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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