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Bot Politics

Bot Politics is an academic construct within platform politics that specifically refers to the strategic deployment and governance of automated software agents (bots) to influence, manipulate, or participate in sociopolitical processes on digital platforms.

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1.9K

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53

Authors

33

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

29

The DARPA Twitter Bot Challenge

V. S. Subrahmanian, Amos Azaria, Skylar Durst et al. · Computer · 2016 · 464 citations · Full text

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Unpacking the Social Media Bot: A Typology to Guide Research and Policy

Robert Gorwa, Douglas Guilbeault · Policy & Internet · 2018 · 262 citations · Full text

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Governmental role in BOT-led infrastructure development

Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, Xingyu Zhang · International Journal of Project Management · 2001 · 238 citations

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Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Talking to Bots: Symbiotic Agency and the Case of Tay

Gina Neff, Péter Nagy · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2016 · 161 citations · Full text

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Bots, bespoke, code and the materiality of software platforms

R. Stuart Geiger · Information Communication & Society · 2014 · 134 citations · Full text

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Authors

53

  1. RS
    R. Stuart Geiger

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 289 citations

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  2. DG
    Douglas Guilbeault

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 274 citations

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  3. RG
    Robert Gorwa

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 274 citations

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  4. ML
    Madeline Lamo

    Internet Society, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  5. FM
    Filippo Menczer

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 492 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    433 citations

  2. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Internet Society

    Fredericksburg, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    175 citations

  5. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    521 citations

  6. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    259 citations

  8. Hampton University

    Hampton, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    192 citations

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Venues

  1. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 3 publications · 207 citations

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  2. Information Communication & Society

    ICS · 2 publications · 259 citations

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 2 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Journal of Political Power

    1 publications · 16 citations

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