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Study: social media a weak vector for influence operations

Especially compared with television!

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Carl Beijer
Feb 17, 2025
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This one seems to have flown beneath the discourse’s radar, but it’s remarkable: a study published last month in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics has found that influence operations on social media are largely ineffective.

“While consuming some partisan social media channels is correlated with narrative e…

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