Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process

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Carlos Eduardo Barros¹  Kenzo Seto¹  Giulia Tucci¹  Larissa Agostini¹  Danilo Carvalho¹  Rafael Centeno de Rezende¹  Camyla Terra¹  Debora G. Salles¹  Rose Marie Santini¹ 

[1] Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;

关键词: bots;    manipulation;    politics;    public opinion;    social media;    systematic literature review;   

DOI  :  10.1285/i20356609v11i2p332

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article draws on a systematic literature review of recently-published material to investigate the state of the art of research into how social network profiles are being used to manipulate public opinion on political issues. The aim of this review is to discuss how the use of these profiles impacts on constructing consensus, authority, legitimacy and representativeness of politicians, parties, hegemonic and minority groups. In total, 369 articles were obtained following a bibliographic search on four different scientific citation indexing databases. Of those, 16 were considered relevant to the research question. In order to identify general trends and specific results, the pertinent papers were subjected to descriptive and critical analysis. Five main approaches were observed: A) Usage policies and platform neutrality; B) Definition, detection and description of the manipulation agents; C) Political role of agents on social networks; D) Attempted electoral predictions via social networks; and E) Network dynamics and strategies for disseminating information. In the conclusion, the results of the literature review are discussed.

【 授权许可】

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