G000766 "University of Texas at Austin: Propaganda Program (Center for Media Engagement)"

URL: https://mediaengagement.org/propaganda-2/

Sector: Education/academia

Primary role: Research (primary/secondary)

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Region: North America

Country: USA

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Summary: Under the direction of Dr. Samuel Woolley, the propaganda program at the Center for Media Engagement focuses on how emergent technologies are used in and around global political communication. Woolley’s work on computational propaganda—the use of social media and other digital tools in attempts to manipulate public opinion—has revealed the ways in which a wide variety of political groups in the United States and abroad have leveraged tech such as bots and trending algorithms and tactics of disinformation and trolling in efforts to control information flows online.