As the presidential election loomed, this yank-the-media’s-chain strategy was neatly integrated into the machinations of various hate groups online.
Twitter has hired researchers to examine the health of conversations on its platform.
Nearly one in five adults lives with a diagnosed mental illness, and estimates suggest that only half of these people receive treatment.
Researchers use Twitter for a huge range of subjects: measuring how people cope with global crises and their aftermaths, tracking geographic differences in public health and analyzing the behavior of automated “bot”
Here are three landmark tactics of psychological warfare on social media.