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Samantha North

Behind the hashtag: Who’s tweeting about #SurrenderAct ?

Background

Sep 28, 2019

Behind the hashtag: Who’s tweeting about #SurrenderAct ?

Sep 28, 2019

Samantha North

A tale of two PMs: Facebook, astroturfing, and social proof

There’s something funny about the prime minister’s Facebook page.

Sep 26, 2019

A tale of two PMs: Facebook, astroturfing, and social proof

Sep 26, 2019

Samantha North

Brexit influence campaign: #BritainIndependence

High political stakes

Sep 18, 2019

Brexit influence campaign: #BritainIndependence

Sep 18, 2019

Samantha North

Only other countries

I always had the good fortune of being born into a stable Western democracy. All my life, I was confident that my government would always…

Aug 28, 2019

Aug 28, 2019

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Age of Awareness

Tweeting my way into academia

On Twitter this summer, someone suggested that academics should not use social media. He cited reasons such as distractions, narcissism…

Sep 18, 2018

Tweeting my way into academia

Sep 18, 2018

Samantha North

How ’The Brand Called You’ paved the way for post-truth

Over a decade ago, an idea was born that seemed innocent at the time, even ground-breaking. It was the idea of personal branding; marketing…

Sep 18, 2018

Sep 18, 2018

Samantha North

Whipping up a simple Twitter bot with Python and Beautiful Soup

With all the buzz lately about Twitter bots, I thought it might be fun to make one in Python. Here’s the code for a Twitter bot called…

Jul 22, 2018

Whipping up a simple Twitter bot with Python and Beautiful Soup

Jul 22, 2018

Samantha North

Why I’m taking a ‘data-driven science’ approach to my PhD research

In the age of big data, many new debates have emerged about the ‘best’ approach to research.

Jul 22, 2018

Why I’m taking a ‘data-driven science’ approach to my PhD research

Jul 22, 2018

Samantha North

Inciting the interwebs: A short history of ISIS propaganda

ISIS is becoming old news these days. Recent coverage of the group mainly talks about reclaiming its territory, freeing its captives, or…

May 12, 2017

Inciting the interwebs: A short history of ISIS propaganda

May 12, 2017

Samantha North

How fake news drives public opinion about Muslims

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act”

May 7, 2017

How fake news drives public opinion about Muslims

May 7, 2017

Samantha North

Samantha North

I do many things, but Medium is where I write about my academic research in cyberpsychology, focused on disinformation. https://samanthanorth.com

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