Junk news and bots during the German parliamentary election: What are German voters sharing over twitter?
Automation and propaganda can significantly impact public life during important policy debates, elections, and political crises. We collected Twitter data on bot activity and junk news using a set of hashtags related to the 2017 German Parliamentary Election for a ten-day period in September 2017. W...
Main Authors: | Neudert, L, Kollanyi, B, Howard, P |
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Format: | Report |
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Computational Propaganda Project
2017
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