Impact and Analysis of Computational Propaganda

Changqi Sun

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

This thesis deals with the discussion of computational propaganda, from the rise of the concept until its current dissemination through social media and algorithms, as well as its discussion and application in the fields of computer science and social science. The thesis also lists historical events in the past where computational propaganda has occurred and explains them, as well as describes the occurrence of computational propaganda in different countries, as well as its application in war, and the theoretical part includes the ethical issues involved in computational propaganda at the present time. In the practical part, a method for recognizing false information from social bots is proposed by training Naive Bayes classifier. As well as analyzing the behavioral characteristics of social bots and their impact on users with the help of surveys in the context of differences in geographic regions and cultural environments.

Keywords

social media, fake news, social bot, algorithm, global issues, false information, machine learning, propaganda

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 18. 3. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Miroslav Brabec
• Oponent: Tomáš Benda, Ing.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program:
Informatics