Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process
<span class="abs_content">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...
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| author | Rose Marie Santini Larissa Agostini Carlos Eduardo Barros Danilo Carvalho Rafael Centeno de Rezende Debora G. Salles Kenzo Seto Camyla Terra Giulia Tucci |
| author_facet | Rose Marie Santini Larissa Agostini Carlos Eduardo Barros Danilo Carvalho Rafael Centeno de Rezende Debora G. Salles Kenzo Seto Camyla Terra Giulia Tucci |
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| description | <span class="abs_content">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.</span><br /> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d55df980217445029339804bc4c764552023-09-20T07:59:56ZengCoordinamento SIBAPartecipazione e Conflitto1972-76232035-66092018-09-0111233236010.1285/i20356609v11i2p33217838Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political ProcessRose Marie Santini0Larissa Agostini1Carlos Eduardo Barros2Danilo Carvalho3Rafael Centeno de Rezende4Debora G. Salles5Kenzo Seto6Camyla Terra7Giulia Tucci8Federal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de Janeiro<span class="abs_content">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.</span><br />http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/19546botsmanipulationpoliticspublic opinionsocial mediasystematic literature review |
| spellingShingle | Rose Marie Santini Larissa Agostini Carlos Eduardo Barros Danilo Carvalho Rafael Centeno de Rezende Debora G. Salles Kenzo Seto Camyla Terra Giulia Tucci Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process Partecipazione e Conflitto bots manipulation politics public opinion social media systematic literature review |
| title | Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process |
| title_full | Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process |
| title_fullStr | Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process |
| title_short | Software Power as Soft Power. A Literature Review on Computational Propaganda Effects in Public Opinion and Political Process |
| title_sort | software power as soft power a literature review on computational propaganda effects in public opinion and political process |
| topic | bots manipulation politics public opinion social media systematic literature review |
| url | http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/19546 |
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