The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them
Abstract
This study is the first to scrutinize the psychological effects of online astroturfing in the context of Russia’s digitally enabled foreign propaganda. Online astroturfing is a communicative strategy that uses websites, “sock puppets,” or social bots to create the false impression that a particular opinion has widespread public support. We exposed N = 2353 subjects to pro-Russian astroturfing comments and tested: (1) their effects on political...
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Title
The disconcerting potential of online disinformation: Persuasive effects of astroturfing comments and three strategies for inoculation against them
Published Date
Mar 4, 2020
Journal
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
1080 - 1098
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