Samuel Woolley on Bots, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Propaganda

One of the things that we see happening online is sort of a democratization of propaganda. Samuel Woolley Become a Patron! Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox. A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com. Samuel Woolley is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and the project director for propaganda research at the Center for Media Engagement. His most recent book is Manufacturing Consensus: Understanding Propagan...

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