Brexit, tweeted: polarization and social media manipulation

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...

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1. Verfasser: Bastos, Marco (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024
Ausgabe:First Edition
Schriftenreihe:Shorts research
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Zusammenfassung: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
Dissecting 45 million tweets posted by 265,000 users in the five years that followed the Brexit referendum, this book presents an extensive and nuanced analysis of social media manipulation and Brexit. Analysing broader societal changes feeding into polarization and echo-chamber communication, it provides a unique contribution to our understanding of social media disinformation in the UK and beyond
Beschreibung: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
Beschreibung:VII, 193 Seiten Illustrationen 203 mm
ISBN:9781529224498

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