Original paper
Are Social Bots on Twitter Political Actors? Empirical Evidence from a Ukrainian Social Botnet
Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 579 - 582
Published: Aug 4, 2021
Abstract
A considerable amount of data in social networks like Twitter is not generated by humans but by automatic programs (bots). Some of these bots are mimicking humans (socialbots) and can hardly be identified. In this article, we analyze a social botnet involved in the Ukrainian/Russian conflict. Based on text mining and unsupervised learning, we can identify three different behaviors: mimicry, window dressing, and...
Paper Details
Title
Are Social Bots on Twitter Political Actors? Empirical Evidence from a Ukrainian Social Botnet
Published Date
Aug 4, 2021
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
579 - 582