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What is Social Bots

Chapter 2
Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
A software robot designed to produce content automatically and interact with users while imitating real. Social bots successfully mimic human communication behavior online to build trust by posting links to paid content, gaining followers, replying, and reacting to interactions with the goal of promoting a product or agenda.
Published in Chapter:
Trolls, Bots, and Whatnots: Deceptive Content, Deception Detection, and Deception Suppression
Anna Klyueva (University of Houston – Clear Lake, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch002
Abstract
Trolls and bots are often used to alter, disrupt, or even silence legitimate online conversations artificially. Disrupting and corrupting the online civic engagement process creates ethical challenges and undermines social and political structures. Trolls and bots often amplify spurious deceptive content as their activity artificially inflates support for an issue or a public figure, thus creating mass misperception. In addressing this concern, the chapter examines how trolls (humans) and bots (robots that exhibit human-like communication behavior) affect online engagement that perpetuates deception, misinformation, and fake news. In doing so, the chapter reviews the literature on online trolling and chatbots to present a list of research-based recommendations for identifying (deception detection) and reacting (deception suppression) to trolls and bots.
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Bias and Discrimination in Artificial Intelligence: Emergence and Impact in E-Business
AI-based programs that mimic individuals on social media platforms, creating or sharing content independently.
Published in Chapter: Bias and Discrimination in Artificial Intelligence: Emergence and Impact in E-Business; From: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Digital Transformation and Innovation
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Evolving Cyber Threats, Combating Techniques, and Open Issues in Online Social Networks
A social bots are automated programs/agents who interact on social networks to influence the course of conversation/discussions and their readers' opinions.
Published in Chapter: Evolving Cyber Threats, Combating Techniques, and Open Issues in Online Social Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Cyber Crime and Information Privacy
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