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Four Telltale Signs of Propaganda on Twitter


Associate Professor Nick Feamster of the Georgia Tech School of Computer Science.

 May 31, 2012

ATLANTA – May 31, 2012 – As Election Day 2012 draws nearer, the “Twitterverse” promises to light up again and again with explosions of political opinion. But which tweets are the genuinely expressed feelings of individual users and which are systematic disseminations of information meant to support or discredit an idea—the textbook definition of propaganda?

An Accused Cop Killer's Facebook Page

Submitted by mt53 on Wed, 2011-09-28 09:51

Nick Feamster (Computer Science) says Facebook's decision to shut down a fan page devoted to accused cop killer Jamie Hood raises difficult questions concerning the role of a private company in muffling public conversation (video). Source: Fox 5 Atlanta

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Dateline: 
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Release: 
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:52
Expire: 
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 11:52
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