2018
DOI: 10.7249/rr2740
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Countering Russian Social Media Influence

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“…Despite the political attention it has received, research on RT is patchy, including academic studies (Hutchings et al 2015; Miazhevich 2018), think-tank reports (Bodine-Baron et al 2018; Richter 2017), and journalistic pieces (Dowling 2017). Most research has focused on the role and objectives of RT, with some suggesting that it is a key component of Putin’s propaganda machine (Cull et al 2017).…”
Section: Rt’s Operational Paradigms: Reviewing the Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the political attention it has received, research on RT is patchy, including academic studies (Hutchings et al 2015; Miazhevich 2018), think-tank reports (Bodine-Baron et al 2018; Richter 2017), and journalistic pieces (Dowling 2017). Most research has focused on the role and objectives of RT, with some suggesting that it is a key component of Putin’s propaganda machine (Cull et al 2017).…”
Section: Rt’s Operational Paradigms: Reviewing the Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…News outlets discuss the problem as "taking us back to the oral tradition of pre-literacy days" (Martínez, 2018), "causing a kind of fun-house effect that leaves the reader doubting everything, including real news" (Tavernise, 2016) and promising to become more widespread with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) that not only spreads false information but also can be used to generate it (DiResta, 2020;Foer, 2018). Think tanks have addressed the issue in multiple ways, including holding symposia with and creating training materials for technologists, congressional staffers, journalists and civil society members to train them to become more discerning about false and misleading information (Boyd and Haven, 2021;First Draft, 2021;Witness, 2018), mapping disinformation spread, particularly with regard to Russian influence (Bodine-Baron et al, 2018;Rondeaux, 2019), critiquing automated content delivery methods (Nadler et al, 2018) and suggesting policy solutions for platforms (Caplan, 2018). One think tank event for the "Commission on Information Disorder" was even organized to "deliver recommendations for how the country can respond to this modern-day crisis of faith in key institutions" guided by commissioners such as "Garry Kasparov, the chess champion and Kremlin critic; Kathryn Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's estranged daughter-in-law; and Prince Harry" (Bernstein, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fake News That Drive Politics. Two studies mention the effect of social and the spread of fake news, and how it may have propelled Donald Trump to win the US election in 2016 [2,16]. Also, [8] and [2] mention how a story on the Pope supporting Trump in his presidential campaign, was widely shared (more than a million times) on Facebook in 2016.…”
Section: Fake News and Studentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These articles also point out how in the information age, fact-checking has become relatively easy, but people are more likely to trust their intuition on news stories they consume, rather than checking the reliability of a story. The use of paid trolls and Russian bots to populate social media feeds with misinformation in an effort to swing the US presidential election in Donald Trump's favour, is highlighted [16]. The creation of fake news, with the use of alarmist headlines ("click bait"), generates huge traffic into the original websites, which drives up advertising revenue [2].…”
Section: Fake News and Studentmentioning
confidence: 99%