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Facebook election advertising: dangerous for democracy or politics as usual? The case of the 2017 UK general election Open
Recent years have seen increasing concern about the potential of Facebook advertisements to microtarget small groups or individuals in the electorate with specific messages during campaigns and the impact such practices might have on democ…
Rapid evidence assessment on online misinformation and media literacy: final report for Ofcom Open
This report summarises the results of the Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) on Online Misinformation and Media Literacy (REA), conducted from November 2020 to April 2021 and commissioned by Ofcom. The review is focused on studies that measur…
A primary definer online: the construction and propagation of a think tank’s authority on social media Open
Who has power in the construction of economic news in the United Kingdom? Are social media reshaping how this power is enabled? We examine the public Twitter interactions between journalists, political elites and, what is arguably the Unit…
Data-driven campaigning in the 2015 UK general election Open
While we know something of data-driven campaigning practices in the US, we know much less about the role of data in other national contexts. The 2015 UK General Election offers an important case study of how such practices are evolving and…
Is the Conservative Party deliberately distributing fake news in attack ads on Facebook Open
The Conservative Party made clear that they would run an anti-Corbyn campaign, attempting to contrast the alleged weaknesses of the leader of the Labour Party with Theresa May’s supposedly superior leadership. An analysis of Tories’ Facebo…
Labour’s advertising campaign on Facebook (or “Don’t Mention the War”) Open
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is the most important event in the recent political history of the UK. However, days before election day, Labour’s campaign on Facebook seems to be ignoring the Brexit issue, an analysis by LS…
A primary definer online: the construction and propagation of a think tank’s authority on social media Open
Who has power in the construction of economic news in the United Kingdom? Are social media reshaping how this power is enabled? We examine the public Twitter interactions between journalists, political elites and, what is arguably the Unit…
View article: Bots and political influence: a sociotechnical investigation of social network capital
Bots and political influence: a sociotechnical investigation of social network capital Open
This study explains how bots interact with human users and influence conversational networks on Twitter. We analyze a high-stakes political environment, the UK general election of May 2015, asking human volunteers to tweet from purpose-mad…
View article: Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Bots and Political Influence: A Sociotechnical Investigation of Social Network Capital
Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Bots and Political Influence: A Sociotechnical Investigation of Social Network Capital Open
This study explains how bots interact with human users and influence conversational networks on Twitter. We analyze a high-stakes political environment, the UK general election of May 2015, asking human volunteers to tweet from purpose-mad…
Transparency has to be open to all and designed with a purpose in mind Open
Nick Anstead, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Communications at LSE, outlines a number of important issues related to the growing role of algorithms – be it in government, banking, information sharing or security – and the…
View article: “What is a referendum?” How we might open up pre-vote TV debates to genuine public scrutiny
“What is a referendum?” How we might open up pre-vote TV debates to genuine public scrutiny Open
The 2015 TV election debates proved their civic value – as they had in 2010, write Stephen Coleman (left), Nick Anstead, Jay G Blumler, Giles Moss and Matt Homer. But in these edited extracts from a University of Leeds report, Democracy on…
Youth Participation in Democratic Life Open
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics a