Computational Propaganda: Investigating the Impact of Algorithms and Bots on Political Discourse in Europe

Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (4)

Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Automation, Big Data and Politics: A Research Review

Author(s): Samantha Shorey, Philip N. Howard
Published in: International Journal of Communication, 10(2016), 2016, Page(s) 5032–5055, ISSN 1932-8036
Publisher: USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

The global organization of social media disinformation campaigns  

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Samantha Bradshaw
Published in: Journal of International Affairs, Vol 71, No. 1.5, Special Issue CONTENTIOUS NARRATIVES: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE ATTACK ON LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC NORMS, 2018, ISSN 0022-197X
Publisher: Journal of international affairs

Social Media, Civic Engagement, and the Slactivism Hypothesis: Lessons from Mexico’s “El Bronco”

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Saiph Savage, Claudia Flores Saviaga, Carlos Toxtli, and Andres Monroy-Hemandez
Published in: Journal of International Affairs, 70(1), 2016, Page(s) 55-73, ISSN 0022-197X
Publisher: Journal of International Affairs Editorial Board

Political Communication, Computational Propaganda,and Autonomous Agents

Author(s): Samuel C. Woolley, Philip N. Howard
Published in: International Journal of Communication, [S.l.], v. 10, 2016, Page(s) 4882–4890, ISSN 1932-8036
Publisher: USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Other (32)

Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US

Author(s): Vidya Narayanan, Vlad Barash, John Kelly, Bence Kollanyi, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

The IRA, social media and political polarization in the United States, 2012-2018

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Bharath Ganesh, Dimitra Liotsiou, John Kelly, Camille François
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Ukraine: Caught Between External Threats and Internal Challenges

Author(s): Mariia Zhdanova, Dariya Orlova
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Poland: False Amplifiers and the Digital Public Sphere

Author(s): Robert Gorwa
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computation Propaganda Project

Junk News & Information Sharing During the 2019 UK General Election

Author(s): Nahema Marchal, Bence Kollanyi, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Hubert Au, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2019
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Brazil: Social Bots during Elections

Author(s): Dan Arnaudo
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Russia: The Origins of Digital Misinformation

Author(s): Sergey Sanovich
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in China: An Alternative Model of a Widespread Practice

Author(s): Gillian Bolsover
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

"Bots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: ComputationalPropaganda during the UK-EU Referendum"

Author(s): Bence Kollanyi, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Bots and Automation over Twitter during the Third U.S. Presidential Debate

Author(s): Bence Kollanyi, Philip N.Howard, Samuel Woolley
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Bots and Automation over Twitter during the Second U.S. Presidential Debate

Author(s): Bence Kollanyi, Philip N.Howard, Samuel Woolley
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Bots and Automation over Twitter during the U.S. Election

Author(s): Bence Kollanyi, Philip N.Howard, Samuel Woolley
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Social Media, News and Political Information during the US Election: Was Polarizing Content Concentrated in Swing States?

Author(s): Philip N.Howard, Bence Kollanyi, Samantha Bradshaw, Lisa-Maria Neudert
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Junk News and Bots during the 2017 UK General Election: What Are UK Voters Sharing Over Twitter?

Author(s): John D. Gallacher, Monica Kaminska, Bence Kollanyi, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption on Social Media During the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Author(s): Nahema Marchal, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Bence Kollanyi, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Russian Involvement and Junk News during Brexit

Author(s): Vidya Narayanan, Philip N.Howard, Bence Kollanyi, Mona Elswah
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Gillian Bolsover
Published in: Big Data, 5/1, 2017, Page(s) 1-2, ISSN 2167-6461
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/big.2017.29014.cfp

Junk News on Military Affairs and National Security: Social Media Disinformation Campaigns Against US Military Personnel and Veterans

Author(s): John D. Gallacher, Vlad Barash, Philip N. Howard, John Kelly
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Junk News and Bots during the French Presidential Election

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Samantha Bradshaw, Bence Kollanyi, Clementine Desigaud, Gillian Bolsover
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Author(s): Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Computation Propaganda Project

Social Media and News Sources during the 2017 UK General Election

Author(s): Monica Kamiska, John D. Gallacher, Bence Kollanyi, Taha Yasseri, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

News and Political Information Consumption in Mexico: Mapping the 2018 Mexican Presidential Election on Twitter and Facebook

Author(s): Monika Glowacki, Vidya Narayanan, Sam Maynard, Gustavo Hirsch, Bence Kollanyi, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Phil Howard, Thomas Lederer, Vlad Barash
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda: Worldwide: Executive Summary

Author(s): Samuel Woolley, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter?

Author(s): Lisa-Maria Neudert, Bence Kollanyi, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Government Responses to Malicious Use of Social Media

Author(s): Samantha Bradshaw, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Philip N.Howard
Published in: 2018
Publisher: StartCom

Computational Propaganda in the United States of America: Manufacturing Consensus Online

Author(s): Samuel C. Woolley, Douglas R. Guilbeault
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Canada: The Use of Political Bots

Author(s): Fenwick McKelvey, Elizabeth Dubois
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Industrialized Disinformation 2020 Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Author(s): Samantha Bradshaw, Hannah Bailey, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Computational Propaganda in Taiwan: Where Digital Democracy Meets Automated Autocracy

Author(s): Nicholas J. Monaco
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Junk News and Bots during the U.S. Election: What Were Michigan Voters Sharing Over Twitter?

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Gillian Bolsover, Bence Kollanyi, Samantha Bradshaw, Lisa-Maria Neudert
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

The Junk News Aggregator: Examining junk news posted on Facebook, starting with the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Author(s): Dimitra Liotsiou, Bence Kollanyi, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2019
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project - interactive tool register for access not open access

Computational Propaganda in Germany: A Cautionary Tale

Author(s): Lisa-Maria N. Neudert
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Computational Propaganda Project

Monographic books (3)

Computational Propaganda: Political Parties, Politicians, and Political Manipulation on Social Media

Author(s): Samuel C. Woolley, Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2018, ISBN 9780190931414
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Computational Propaganda: Political Parties, Politicians, and Political Manipulation on Social Media

Author(s): Samuel Woolley Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Lie Machines - How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives

Author(s): Philip N. Howard
Published in: 2020, ISBN 9780300252415
Publisher: Yale University Press
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv10sm8wg

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Sourcing and Automation of Political News and Information over Social Media in the United States, 2016-2018

Author(s): Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard, Bence Kollanyi, Lisa-Maria Neudert
Published in: Political Communication, 37/2, 2020, Page(s) 173-193, ISSN 1058-4609
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2019.1663322

“Anything that Causes Chaos”: The Organizational Behavior of Russia Today (RT)

Author(s): Mona Elswah, Philip N Howard
Published in: Journal of Communication, 70/5, 2020, Page(s) 623-645, ISSN 0021-9916
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqaa027

“Coronavirus EXPLAINED”: YouTube, COVID-19, and the Socio-Technical Mediation of Expertise

Author(s): Nahema Marchal, Hubert Au
Published in: Social Media + Society, 6/3, 2020, Page(s) 205630512094815, ISSN 2056-3051
Publisher: Sage Journals
DOI: 10.1177/2056305120948158

Investigating Visual Content Shared over Twitter during the 2019 EU Parliamentary Election Campaign

Author(s): Nahema Marchal, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Bence Kollanyi, Philip N. Howard
Published in: Media and Communication, 9/1, 2021, Page(s) 158-170, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/mac.v9i1.3421

Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US 2016 election: The challenge of automated political communication for election law and administration

Author(s): Philip N. Howard, Samuel Woolley, Ryan Calo
Published in: Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15/2, 2018, Page(s) 81-93, ISSN 1933-1681
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2018.1448735

Chinese computational propaganda: automation, algorithms and the manipulation of information about Chinese politics on Twitter and Weibo

Author(s): Gillian Bolsover, Philip Howard
Published in: Information, Communication & Society, 2018, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2018.1476576

Disinformation optimised: gaming search engine algorithms to amplify junk news

Author(s): Samantha Bradshaw
Published in: Internet Policy Review, 8/4, 2019, ISSN 2197-6775
Publisher: Internet Policy Review, Journal on Internet Regulation
DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1442

Sourcing and Automation of Political News and Information During Three European Elections

Author(s): Lisa-Maria Neudert, Philip Howard, Bence Kollanyi
Published in: Social Media + Society, 5/3, 2019, Page(s) 205630511986314, ISSN 2056-3051
Publisher: Social Media + Society
DOI: 10.1177/2056305119863147

Book chapters (3)

Computational Propaganda und der öffentliche Diskurs

Author(s): Philip N Howard, LM Neudert
Published in: 2018, Page(s) 45-57, ISBN 978-3-95829-525-4
Publisher: Momento

Social Media, Revolution, and the Rise of the Political Bot

Author(s): Samuel Woolley, Philip N. Howard
Published in: Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict, and Security, 4, 2016, ISBN 9780-415712910
Publisher: Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict, and Security, edited by Romy Frolich and Piers Robinson. London, UK: Routledge, forthcoming.

COMPUTATIONAL PROPAGANDA IN EUROPE, THE U.S., AND CHINA

Author(s): GILLIAN BOLSOVER, PHILIP HOWARD
Published in: DRUMS - Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation, and Smears, 2018, Page(s) 61-81, ISBN 978-981-327-484-6
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
DOI: 10.1142/9789813274853_0006