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Cultural Violence and Fragmentation on Social Media: Interventions and Countermeasures by Humans and Social Bots

Haunschild, Jasmin ; Kaufhold, Marc-André ; Reuter, Christian (2022)
Cultural Violence and Fragmentation on Social Media: Interventions and Countermeasures by Humans and Social Bots.
In: Cyber Security Politics: Socio-Technological Transformations and Political Fragmentation, Auflage: 1st Edition
doi: 10.4324/9781003110224-5
Buchkapitel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

As a prime example of socio-technological transformation, social media services exert an enormous impact on modern culture. They are nowadays widely established for everyday life uses, but also during natural and man-made crises and political conflicts. For instance, Facebook was part of the Arabic Spring, facilitating the communication and interaction between participants of political protests. However, social media is not only used for good: Based on the notions of cultural violence and cultural peace, this chapter shows the potential for political fragmentation through social media, focusing on fake news and terrorism propaganda and their amplified dissemination through social bots. The chapter shows that regarding both the problematic aspects and the countermeasures, technology plays the role of an amplifier, enabling effects such as astroturfing and smoke screening, but also enhancing social bot detection. This chapter examines what these socio-technological transformations through social media imply in terms of legitimacy and trust.

Typ des Eintrags: Buchkapitel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Haunschild, Jasmin ; Kaufhold, Marc-André ; Reuter, Christian
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Cultural Violence and Fragmentation on Social Media: Interventions and Countermeasures by Humans and Social Bots
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 16 Februar 2022
Verlag: Routledge
Buchtitel: Cyber Security Politics: Socio-Technological Transformations and Political Fragmentation
Auflage: 1st Edition
DOI: 10.4324/9781003110224-5
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

As a prime example of socio-technological transformation, social media services exert an enormous impact on modern culture. They are nowadays widely established for everyday life uses, but also during natural and man-made crises and political conflicts. For instance, Facebook was part of the Arabic Spring, facilitating the communication and interaction between participants of political protests. However, social media is not only used for good: Based on the notions of cultural violence and cultural peace, this chapter shows the potential for political fragmentation through social media, focusing on fake news and terrorism propaganda and their amplified dissemination through social bots. The chapter shows that regarding both the problematic aspects and the countermeasures, technology plays the role of an amplifier, enabling effects such as astroturfing and smoke screening, but also enhancing social bot detection. This chapter examines what these socio-technological transformations through social media imply in terms of legitimacy and trust.

Freie Schlagworte: emergenCITY, emergenCity_SG, emergenCITY_INF
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Wissenschaft und Technik für Frieden und Sicherheit (PEASEC)
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Forschungsfelder > Information and Intelligence > Cybersecurity & Privacy
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Letzte Änderung: 14 Aug 2024 10:39
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