Docket+ 11 September
Docket+ is a weekly roundup of the latest influence operations-related academic research, events and job opportunities.
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Highlights
- Culture, Community and Narratives: Key Elements of Violent Conspiracy Theories (GNET, 6 September)
- The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0: Next-Generation Chinese Astroturfing and Coping with Ubiquitous AI (RAND, September)
- Major Platforms Disinformation Fight Under Scrutiny in new CoP Monitor Report (EDMO, 7 September)
- From Community Governance to Customer Service and Back Again: Re-Examining Pre-Web Models of Online Governance to Address Platforms’ Crisis of Legitimacy (SAGE, 8 September)
1. Academia & Research
1.1 Platforms & Technology
- Social media, extremism, and radicalization (Science Advances, 30 August)
- Platformed solidarity: Examining the performative politics of Twitter hashflags (Sage, 6 September)
- I think, therefore I ignore: a study on disinformation’s credibility perceptions and sharing intentions over social media (T&F, 7 September)
1.2 World News
- Online scam operations and trafficking into forced criminality in Southeast Asia: Recommendations for a human rights response (OHCR)
- Former Jordan MP promotes anti-LGBTQ+ Twitter campaign (DFRLab, 5 September)
- Behind the scenes: A critical discourse analysis of Botswana government power plays on Facebook during two post-millennial state-owned organizational crises (Sage, 7 September)