[Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
Alfred BOWN (ENG)
alfredbown at hsmc.edu.hk
Mon May 15 02:03:08 PDT 2017
Johan,
Your book looks great - looking forward.
Alfie
On May 15, 2017 4:43 PM, "Johan Dam Farkas" <jjfs at itu.dk> wrote:
>
> Dear Nathalie,
>
>
> Research on this topic is unfortunately still scarse, especially in the
> context of Facebook.
>
> Here are some articles on Twitter and social bots:
> <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800>
> https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225
> https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2635800
> <https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5225>https://www.aaai.org/ocs/
> index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793
>
> Otherwise, to do a bit of shameless self-promotion, me and two collegues
> have a forthcoming article in New Media & Society entitled: Cloaked
> Facebook pages: Exploring fake Islamist propaganda in social media. Should
> be out very soon.
>
> Best wishes,
> - Johan Farkas
> <https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/view/13015/12793>
>
> Johan Farkas
> Assistant Lecturer & Research Assistant
> IT University of Copenhagen
> University of Bergen
> Mail: jjfs at itu.dk
> Phone: +4561346209
>
> --- Latest article ---
> Schou, J. and Farkas, J. (2016). Algorithms, Interfaces, and the
> Circulation of Information: Interrogating the Epistemological Challenges of
> Facebook. KOME - An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
> 4(1): 36-49.
> ________________________________
> Fra: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> på vegne af Nathalie PATON <
> nathalie.paton at univ-toulouse.fr>
> Sendt: 15. maj 2017 10:17:43
> Til: air-l
> Emne: [Air-L] Literature on fake profiles on Facebook and Twitter
>
> Dear Internet researchers,
>
> In the frame of research on political participation online, I am looking
> for recent literature on fake profiles. I am especially interested in fake
> profiles on Facebook and Twitter, or anything related that could be
> relevant.
>
> My understanding of the situation is that robots are mainly used on
> Twitter to create fake accounts; they're used to automatically transfer
> content and generate audience around certain hashtags. On Facebook however,
> this operation is more complex since people would beed to subscribe to the
> fake accounts. But, as some researchers will probably notice, my
> understanding of the phenomenon is very limited.
>
> Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in
> advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nathalie Paton, PhD
> Junior Researcher
> University of Toulouse, France
> EHESS, Paris, France
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