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Wenger, Andreas; Cavelty, Myriam Dunn

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“…Any attempt from democratic regimes to engage in propaganda or counter propaganda emanating from authoritarian regimes like Saudi Arabia could be seen as dangerous to democracy itself, and it rife with potential problems. To not endanger democracy—a recurring theme right now within the United States’ domestic sphere’s nexus with national security (Schünemann, 2022), several policies are recommended on how to combat propaganda and influence operations that fall within democratic norms the United States and other democracies can follow. First, as Woolley (2022) notes, “Governments and other institutions working to push back against the cascade of digital falsehood .…”

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Twitter Propaganda Operations: Analyzing Sociopolitical Issues in Saudi Arabia

Albert,

Aleroud,

Yang

et al. 2023

Social Media + Society

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The purpose of this article is to explore Arabic-language Tweets based out of Saudi Arabia to investigate the social media landscape. Specifically, this article seeks to address the question, “What thematic issues concerning the U.S. socio-political landscape are present in Arabic-language Twitter postings?” And, “To what extent can these issues be described as propagandic in nature?” To do so, we propose a machine-learning and artificial intelligence span detection approach to identify propaganda Tweets in Middle Eastern Countries, with a focus on Saudi Arabia. As opposed to previous work, this article maps and investigates different propaganda categories using the BEND Social Cyber Security framework. This article then proceeds to a case study analysis of state-sponsored targeted propaganda from Saudi Arabia and briefly describes the categories of propaganda uncovered. We then relate those categories to the BEND Framework and conclude with policy recommendations and discussion.

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Section: Us Policy Recommendationsmentioning

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Twitter Propaganda Operations: Analyzing Sociopolitical Issues in Saudi Arabia

Albert,

Aleroud,

Yang

et al. 2023

Social Media + Society

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“…Disinformation remains a resonant topic of public debate, not only in the EU but also globally. Many discussions have focused on the role of disinformation in elections and its impact on voting behaviour (Schünemann 2022). Since free and fair elections represent the very fundament of the democratic political system, it is no wonder that so many people are concerned that the intentional spread of falsehoods might discredit them.…”

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Towards a model that measures the impact of disinformation on elections

2023

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Disinformation represents a danger to the integrity and legitimacy of the electoral process. From our research based on the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections, we introduce a model for measuring the resilience of citizens to disinformation. This model is then used to draw conclusions about the impact of disinformation on their voting behaviour. We argue that it is important to understand this impact in the context of pre-existing beliefs and opinions, and therefore in terms of disinformation reinforcing rather than changing existing views. In particular, we demonstrate how feeling disappointed with one political party can make people more inclined to endorse disinformation that targets it.

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Twitter Propaganda Operations: Analyzing Sociopolitical Issues in Saudi Arabia

Twitter Propaganda Operations: Analyzing Sociopolitical Issues in Saudi Arabia

Towards a model that measures the impact of disinformation on elections

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