{"id":9502,"date":"2018-02-04T19:08:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialpanic.org\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2018-02-04T19:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:08:45","slug":"computational-propaganda-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2018\/02\/04\/computational-propaganda-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Computational propaganda”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just saw this term on Twitter. It refers to the use of automation to deliver propaganda messaging on social media.
\nWe’ve heard of “bots” and “bot networks” – as examples, but it could also include automated tech and sales support systems that use algorithms to respond to customer inquiries.
\nThe term highlights a new direction in propaganda for the 21st century – “computational propaganda” – and points to the automation of propaganda messaging as a key advancement in propaganda techniques.
\n(This terminology follows the form of “computational linguistics”, “computational finance”, “computational photography” and more.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just saw this term on Twitter. It refers to the use of automation to deliver propaganda messaging on social media. We’ve heard of “bots” and “bot networks” – as examples, but it could also include automated tech and sales support systems that use algorithms to respond to customer inquiries. The term highlights a new direction in propaganda for the 21st century – “computational propaganda” – and points to the automation of propaganda messaging as a key advancement in propaganda…<\/p>\n

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