Bots and their impact on online conversations is rapidly becoming an important problem on social media. If we look at the conversation around the current Coronavirus pandemic, somewhere between 45% to 60% of the accounts on Twitter that promoted disinformation were identified as bots, in the anti-vaccine debate researchers have found that bots are used to “weaponize” online health […]
Daniel Lundgaard
Fake news and what it means for discussions about CSR-related issues
There is a saying on online forums that “about 78% of all statistics shared online are made up to prove a point – including this one.” This has become particularly relevant lately, where we have seen many discussions about fake news. And while it is often discussed in relation to politics, in particular during political […]
Is Social Media Redefining the Pursuit of Social Change?
Summary. Social media has become a battleground where NGOs with global perspectives, corporations and new digital social movements all fight to shape public opinion in the pursuit of social change. Though often criticized for the low quality of online deliberation, social media has become one of the primary avenues for diffusion of information, and increasingly […]