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The Global Disinformation Order

Although propaganda has always been a part of political discourse, the deep and wide-ranging scope of these campaigns raise critical public interest concerns. Cyber troops’ are defined as government or political party actors tasked with manipulating public opinion online (Bradshaw and Howard 2017a). We comparatively examine the formal organization of […] Read more »

How Congress turns citizens’ voices into data points

Answering constituents in congressional offices often involves tabulating comments in a database. Office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. via AP Samantha McDonald, University of California, Irvine Big technology companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google aren’t the only ones facing huge political concerns about using citizen data: So is Congress. Reports […] Read more »

A Bipartisan Analysis of Last Night’s Social Media Debate Sentiment

Tonight, two polling and analytics firms, WPA Intelligence (Republican) and the Honan Strategy Group (Democratic) sought to answer the following key questions about the September 12th Democratic Presidential debate: • Which candidate Won the evening as judged by Twitter impact?• Which candidate(s) Lost and had the most disappointing performance as […] Read more »

Here’s what happens when political bubbles collide

Are you trapped in an echo chamber? Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Alexander J. Stewart, University of Houston and Joshua B. Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania Social media has transformed how people talk to each other. But social media platforms are not shaping up to be the utopian spaces for human connection their founders hoped. […] Read more »