ABSTRACT Starting with the Facebook‐Cambridge Analytica scandal and its link to Brexit and the 2016 US elections, the nexus among online political advertising, micro‐targeting, and data‐driven electoral campaigning has revealed its disruptive potential for democracies.
Enea Fiore +2 more
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Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
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Mitigating Disinformation with Civic Constitutionalism: The Case Study of Taiwan
ABSTRACT Amid growing concerns over information integrity, disinformation has evolved into a broader and more complex phenomenon now recognized as Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), posing significant threats to democratic governance.
Wen‐Chen Chang, Yu‐teng Lin
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Countering FIMI by Digital Authoritarianisms: Audience Architecture and Reverse Language Engineering
ABSTRACT Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns on social media are currently both more accessible and more impactful than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) or European Union's (EU), offering their opponents superiority and efficiency on those platforms.
Michelangelo Conoscenti
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Tagging the Emirate: Language, Coordination and the Taliban's Digital Pursuit of Legitimacy
ABSTRACT This study examines how political actors leverage social media in Afghanistan as a tool for political legitimation. Framing social media as a potential supply of legitimacy, it analysed X (formerly known as Twitter) content posted by the former Afghan government, humanitarian and Taliban political accounts between January 2020 and December ...
Hannah Oates
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Investigating proxies for retail investor attention in financial markets
Abstract Investor attention influences financial markets but “depends on where you search” (Ben‐Rephael et al., The Review of Financial Studies, 2017, 30, 3009). We explore various retail investor attention proxies and their correlations with company characteristics and market reactions.
Daniel Cahill +2 more
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From platform carnival to official discourse: How "truth" is produced in Chinese online news. [PDF]
Li J, Hu S.
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The Hollowing Out of News: The Implications of the Erosion of Public Interest Journalism
ABSTRACT This essay examines the structural erosion of public interest journalism and its implications for public accountability, institutional trust and research. Focusing on Australia, with Anglo‐American comparisons, it shows how economic, technological and regulatory disruptions have undermined investigative journalism, thereby weakening scrutiny ...
Clinton Free
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Exploring Harassment Directed Towards Employees on Social Media: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Farley S, Russell M, Brooks S, Coyne I.
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EPA Enforcement Actions and Property Prices
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement actions on property prices in the United States. Using data on EPA enforcement cases, we assess how investors and homeowners react to regulatory actions to curb environmental violations.
Van Le, My Nguyen, Anh Viet Pham
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