Recently, our lab published a paper “frame contests” within the #BlackLivesMatter
and #BlueLivesMatter conversations on Twitter in 2016. Not surprisingly, those conversations often had a very divisive tone. http://faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Stewart_Starbird_Drawing_the_Lines_of_Contention-final.pdf … [thread]
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Here’s a similar graph, made from a slightly different network property (RTs rather than shared audience) that shows retweets of RU-IRA trolls (in orange). U.S. political left on the left, political right on the right.pic.twitter.com/iJNU5wP5RW
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In other words, there are paid trolls sitting side by side somewhere in St. Petersburg hate-quoting each other’s troll account, helping to shape divisive attitudes in the U.S. among actual Americans who think of the other side as a caricature of itself.
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Twitter has an opportunity to help people understand what is happening to us - not just to the “other side” - but to our side/ourselves. To help us become aware of HOW we’re being manipulated. Just telling us we’ve interacted w/ one of these accounts misses the opportunity.
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@JohnCornyn Here, man. Thread. -
Crawl in a hole and die bot
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The Russian information warfare strategy has always been confusion and division, never a particular agenda. Are you aware of Gerasimov? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/gerasimov-doctrine-russia-foreign-policy-215538 …
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Drawing on lessons learned from American actions during the Arab Spring. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20160228_art009.pdf …
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RU-IRA trolls exist to disrupt their enemy; in this case, is.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Wow the top ten retweeters (both groups) aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.
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