Troll Farms and Voter Disinformation
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چکیده
Political agents often attempt to influence elections through troll farms that flood social media platforms with messages from fake accounts emulate genuine information. We study the ability of manipulate elections. show such disinformation tactics is more effective when voters are otherwise well-informed. Thus, for example, societies high-quality vulnerable electoral manipulation.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research Network
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1556-5068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3919032