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Coronavirus Coverage by State-Backed English-Language News Sources: 'Understanding Chinese, Iranian, Russian and Turkish Government Media'
From the Summary: "In this data memo, we examine the distribution of health-related news and information on social media of the English-language news outlets backed by the governments of China, Iran, Russia and Turkey. We measure the social distribution networks used on Twitter and Facebook and the levels of engagement with content related to the coronavirus pandemic."
The Computational Propaganda Project
Bright, Jonathan; Elswah, Mona; Marchal, Nahema . . .
2020-04-08
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Coronavirus News and Information on YouTube: A Content Analysis of Popular Search Terms, Online Supplement
From the Data and Method: "In this memo, we investigate the type of information users come across when searching for information about the coronavirus on YouTube. We first collected a list of the 10 most frequent YouTube search terms related to the 'coronavirus' UK over the last 90 days, using Google Trends on March 10th, 2020. For comparison, we also collected the auto-complete YouTube search suggestions for the term 'coronavirus', using a Google Chrome browser in Incognito Mode."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Marchal, Nahema; Au, Hubert; Howard, Philip N.
2020-04?
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Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing: Social Media Misinformation About the WHO, 20-04-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic--and public understanding of the crises--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus information across multiple social media platforms. For the week leading up to 20-04-2020 we find: [1] Content from state-backed media and junk health sources is distributed to hundreds of millions of social media accounts, and the average junk health news article about coronavirus receives about the same distribution as average articles from the BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation], Guardian, New York Times, and Washington Post. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources this week were engaged with over nine million times; though articles from state backed media sources inspired the most engagement on average. [3] Thematically, this week's junk health news and information focused on (1) accusing the WHO [World Health Organization] of incompetence, providing false information, and Chinese bias, and (2) supporting US President Trump's withdrawal of funding from the WHO."
The Computational Propaganda Project
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-04-20
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Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing : Social Media Misinformation and Lockdown Measures in Democracies, 27-04-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crises--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus information across multiple social media platforms. For the week leading up to 27-04-2020 we find: [1] Content from junk health news and state-backed sources is distributed to hundreds of millions of social media accounts; the Washington Post had a social distribution network on par with that of state-backed media, due in part to the fact that they had a special article with Facebook, which then shared the article in some of the big pages it manages. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with over seven million times this week. On average, articles from state-backed media sources stimulated the most engagement. [3] Thematically, this week's junk health news and information (1) focused on the 'authoritarian' measures being instituted by elected governors across the US and (2) attacked prominent democrats such as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over the economic impacts of the coronavirus."
The Computational Propaganda Project
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-04-27
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Social Media Junk News on Hydroxychloroquine and Trust in Science: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 03-08-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 30-07-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 8,900 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly above 4,400 users and the average junk health article reached above 3,200 users. [2] Similarly, on aggregate content from mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news receives 90 engagements and junk health news receives over 125, while average articles from mainstream sources get just above 25 engagements. [3] In total, 30% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Furthermore, 41% of such engagements were with Chinese content, whereas 58% were with Russian content. [4] Thematically, the key junk health news theme was pushing damaging narratives about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-08-03
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Social Media Junk News on Distrust in US State Health Officials: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 28-07-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 23-07-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 9,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,400 users and the average junk health article reached just above 3,300 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news receives nearly 80 engagements and junk health news receives just above 70, and average articles from mainstream sources get just above 25 engagements. [3] In total, 38% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Furthermore, 42% of such engagements were with Chinese content, whereas 56% were with Russian content. [4] Thematically, the key junk health news theme was sowing distrust in US State Health Officials."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-07-28
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Social Media Junk News on Ocular and Prison Transmission: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 20-07-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 16-07-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 9,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,400 users and the average junk health article reached just above 3,400 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news receives 100 engagements and junk health news receives 70, and average articles from mainstream sources get just above 25 engagements. [3] In total, 53% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Furthermore, 28% of such engagements were with Chinese content, whereas 70% were with Russian content. [4] Thematically, key junk health news themes were (a) discrediting other news sources on coronavirus, and (b) prison releases due to coronavirus in California."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-07-20
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Social Media Junk News on Black Lives Matter and Coronavirus Impacts: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 07-07-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 01-07-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 8,500 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,500 users and the average junk health article reached just over 3,300 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news gets over 100 engagements, junk health news gets fewer than 75 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources get just over 25 engagements. [3] In total, 49% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Further, 36% of engagements with state-backed media were engagements with Chinese content, whereas 60% was with Russian content. [4] Thematically, key junk health news themes were (a) implicit criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement, (b) continuing narratives that coronavirus is not as dangerous as portrayed, and (c) fueling distrust in public health experts."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-07-07
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Social Media Junk News on the Epidemic Status of Coronavirus: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 13-07-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 09-07-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 8,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,500 users and the average junk health article reached just below 3,500 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, both state-backed news and junk health news receive between 75 and 100 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources get just over 30 engagements. [3] In total, 41% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Furthermore, 37% of engagements with state-backed media were engagements with Chinese content, whereas 60% was with Russian content. [4] Thematically, key junk health news themes were (a) misleading reports of the epidemic status of coronavirus in the US and (b) recent increases in violence in Chicago."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-07-13
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Social Media Junk News on Policies Punishing US Conservatives: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 29-06-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 24-06-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 8,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,500 users and the average junk health article reached just over 3,500 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news gets over 125 engagements, junk health news gets 80 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources get just over 25 engagements. [3] In total, 61% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Further, 52% of engagements with state-backed media were engagements with Chinese content, whereas 42% was with Russian content. [4] Thematically, key junk health news themes were (a) the victimization of conservatives in the US; (b) the politics of the representation of President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and (c) continuing narratives that coronavirus is not as dangerous as portrayed."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-06-29
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Social Media Junk News on Social Distancing Double Standards: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 22-06-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 17-06-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over 8,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached slightly below 4,500 users and the average junk health article reached just over 3,500 users. [2] Similarly, all of the total content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed news gets almost over 100 engagements, junk health news gets just below 50 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources receive just under 30 engagements. [3] In total, 63% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content. Further, 45% of engagements with state-backed media were engagements with Chinese content, whereas 54% was with Russian content. [4] Thematically, junk health news sources perpetuated a narrative critical of Black Lives Matter protests for hypocrisy around social distancing measures."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-06-22
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Social Media Misinformation on Hospital Fraud and Disinfectant Injections: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 04-05-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crises--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 30-04-2020 we find: [1] Of all the junk news that social media users engaged with last week, one third of it came from state-backed news agencies, and 98% of English language engagement with state backed agencies involves media outlets from Russia and China. [2] Content from state-backed sources is distributed to hundreds of millions of social media accounts; among mainstream media outlets only the New York Times had a social distribution network on par with that of state-backed media. [3] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with almost five million times this week. On average, articles from state-backed media sources still stimulated the most engagement. [4] Thematically, prominent junk health news narratives this week included (1) allegations that hospitals exaggerate coronavirus cases and deaths, and (2) claims that Trump did not suggest direct disinfectant injections or defenses of that suggestion."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-05-04
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Social Media Junk News on George Floyd Protests: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 08-06-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 03-06-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached well over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached over six thousand users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached four thousand users and the average junk health article reached three thousand users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, state-backed content gets over 75 engagements, junk health news gets almost 50 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources get under 25 engagements. [3] Summed together, 29% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content, and 95% of engagement with state-backed content was engagements with Chinese and Russian media content. [4] Thematically, junk health news sources co-opted the George Floyd protests to fuel their existing narratives."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-06-08
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Social Media Junk News on Self-Isolation Rules and Religious Freedom: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 01-06-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 28-05-2020 we find: [1] Coronavirus misinformation from junk health news and state-backed media generated up to 1.13 million engagements in a day. Summed together, 40% of the coronavirus misinformation engaged with last week came from state-backed news agencies, and 91% of that content was generated by Chinese and Russian media outlets. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with over two million times this week, although CNN articles were engaged with over eight million times, a much greater volume than any other single outlet. [3] Thematically, junk health news sources framed social distancing policies as attacks on religious freedoms."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-06-01
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Social Media Misinformation on German Intelligence Reports: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 18-05-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 14-05-2020 we find: [1] Of all the junk news that social media users engaged with last week, 33% of it came from state-backed news agencies, and 83% of engagement with state backed agencies involves media outlets from Russia and China. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with four million times this week. On average, articles from state-backed media sources nonetheless stimulated the most engagement. [3] Thematically, prominent junk health news narratives this week included (1) misinformation around German intelligence reports alleging the WHO [World Health Organization] withholding information on Chinese request, and (2) attacks on Democrats over the HEROES [Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions] Act."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-05-18
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Social Media Junk News: Undermining Lockdown Consensus & Consent: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 26-05-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 21-05-2020 we find: [1] Of all the junk news that social media users engaged with last week, 33% of it came from state-backed news agencies, and 96% of engagement with state-backed agencies involves media outlets from Russia and China. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with over five million times this week. On average, articles from state-backed media sources stimulated the most engagement. [3] Thematically, this week's critical theme was how both state-backed and junk news sources used their platforms to try and undermine democratic consent for the lockdown."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-05-26
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Social Media Misinformation on vi rus Origins and US Immigrants: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 11-05-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 07-05-2020 we find: [1] Of all the junk news that social media users engaged with last week, 28% of it came from state-backed news agencies, and 91% of engagement with state backed agencies involves media outlets from Russia and China. [2] In total, articles produced by junk health news sources were engaged with four million times this week. On average, articles from state-backed media sources nonetheless stimulated the most engagement. [3] Thematically, prominent junk health news narratives this week included (1) intimations of virus origin from the Wuhan virology lab and (2) attacks on non-citizen status residents in the US through criticism of US Democratic Party proposals."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-05-11
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Covid-Related Misinformation on YouTube: 'The Spread of Misinformation Videos on Social Media and the Effectiveness of Platform Policies'
From the Summary: "For this memo, we identified all Covid [coronavirus disease 2019]-related videos which circulated on social media, but which YouTube eventually removed because they contained false information. Between October, 2019 and June, 2020 there were 8,105 such videos - less than 1% of all YouTube videos about the coronavirus. We find that: [1] It took YouTube on average 41 days to remove videos containing false information, based on a subset of videos for which this data was available. [2] Surprisingly, Covid-related misinformation videos do not find their audience through YouTube itself, but largely by being shared on Facebook. [3] Facebook placed warning labels about false information only on 55 videos, less than 1% of the misinformation videos shared on the platform. [4] Misinformation videos were shared almost 20 million times on social media, which is more than the shares gathered by the five largest English-language news sources on YouTube combined."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Knuutila, Aleksi; Herasimenka, Aliaksandr; Au, Hubert . . .
2020-09-21
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Social Media Junk News on Erosion of Trust in Public Health Experts: 'Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing 15-06-2020'
From the Summary: "Given the evolving nature of the coronavirus pandemic--and public understanding of the crisis--we provide a weekly briefing about the spread of coronavirus misinformation across multiple social media platforms. For the seven days prior to 10-06-2020 we find: [1] The social media distribution network of all coronavirus articles from the top fifteen mainstream news outlets reached over three billion social media users this week, achieving much greater distribution than state-backed and junk health news sources. But the average article from state-backed sources reached nearly 8,000 users, while the average article from mainstream sources reached over 4,000 users and the average junk health article reached over 3,000 users. [2] Similarly, all content from all mainstream sources gets the largest amount of total user engagement. But on a per article basis, junk health news gets almost over 100 engagements, state-backed content gets over 75 engagements, and average articles from mainstream sources get under 25 engagements. [3] In total, 55% of the engagement with non-mainstream information last week was with state-backed content, and 95% of engagement with state-backed content was made up of engagements with Chinese and Russian media content. [4] Thematically, junk health news sources (a) sought to undermine trust in public health experts, (b) used the George Floyd protests to fuel misinformation and racist messages, and (c) advanced false claims about President Trump's success in managing unemployment and economic recovery in the US."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Au, Hubert; Bright, Jonathan; Howard, Philip N.
2020-06-15
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Coronavirus News and Information on YouTube: A Content Analysis of Popular Search Terms
From the Summary: "Social media is reshaping how people access information about the coronavirus crisis. The online video-sharing website YouTube has emerged as a major purveyor of health and wellbeing information. In this memo, we examine the nature and structural properties of a sample of 320 YouTube videos related to the coronavirus outbreak. We find that: [1] four-fifths of the channels sharing coronavirus news and information are maintained by professional news outlets and that the channels of public health agencies are rarely, if ever, returned with search results; [2] searches for popular coronavirus-related terms return mostly factual and neutral video results, with low volumes of conspiratorial or junk science video results; [3] highly politicized health news and information receives on average more public engagement in the form of comments than any other type of videos."
Oxford Internet Institute. Project on Computational Propaganda
Marchal, Nahema; Au, Hubert; Howard, Philip N.
2020-04-17
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