Bastos Brexit, Tweeted

Polarization and Social Media Manipulation
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2450-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Dissecting 45 million tweets from the period that followed the Brexit referendum, this book presents an extensive analysis of social media manipulation.

The book examines emerging changes in partisan politics, nationalist and populist values, as well as broader societal changes that are feeding into polarization and echo-chamber communication. It pulls the curtain back on the techniques employed to interfere with, and potentially distort, the public discussion.

Making complex data accessible to non-technical audiences, this unique post-mortem of the Brexit referendum contributes to our understanding of social media disinformation in the UK and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bastos, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Fifty Million Brexit Tweets

PART I: The Great Upset

3. Political Realignment

4. Nationalism and Populism

PART II: Bots Talking to Bots

5. Polarization

6. Bots and Trolls

PART III: Troll Farms Offshore

7. Information Warfare

8. Social Media Manipulation

PART IV: Politics Erased

9. The Politics of Deletion

10. Accountability of Social Platforms

11. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Bastos, Marco
Marco T. Bastos is Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London.

Marco Bastos is Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London.