BOOK: The Politics of Social Media Manipulation

The Politics of Social Media Manipulation, Amsterdam University Press. Open Access :)

Junk news, fake news, misinformation, manioulation - the book touches o these and several more, using mostly Dutch case studies across different platforms. While the book is focusing narrowly on one country, what is interesting here is the attention to how misinformation operates differently on different platforms: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and Google.

What kind of political space do these platforms offer? What is the role of platform affordances? Platform demographics? What is the role of algorithms and automated amplification in the spread of junk news and false information?

This and more, zooming in on one country as a case study.