Disinformation and Data Lockdown on Social Platforms

Shawn Walker (Arizona State University), Dan Mercea (City, University of London), Marco Bastos (University College Dublin)

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Cultural studies; Media studies; Social, group or collective psychology; Press & journalism

This book addresses the question of how researchers can conduct independent, ethical research on mal-, mis- and disinformation in a rapidly changing and hostile data environment.

The escalating issue of data access is thrown into sharp relief by the large-scale use of bots, trolls, fake news, and strategies of false amplification, the effects of which are difficult to quantify due to a corporate environment favouring platform lockdowns and the restriction of access to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). As social media platforms increase obstacles to independent scholarship by dramatically curbing access to APIs, researchers are faced with the stark choice of either limiting their use of trace data or developing new methods of data collection. Without a breakthrough, social media research may go the way of search engine research, in which only a small group of researchers who have direct relationships with search companies such as Google and Microsoft can access data and conduct research.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Information, Communication & Society.

Edited by: Shawn Walker (Arizona State University), Dan Mercea (City, University of London), Marco Bastos (University College Dublin)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032074481
ISBN 10: 1032074485
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shawn Walker is Assistant Professor of Data & Society in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University. Dan Mercea is Reader in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London. Marco Bastos is the University College Dublin Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies.