Zusammenfassung
Social Bots sind automatisiert gesteuerte Profile in sozialen Netzwerken, die menschliches Verhalten simulieren. Es gibt einfache und hochentwickelte Social Bots, sowie inaktive, die sich kaum von Lurkern unterscheiden lassen. Erforscht wurden Social Bots bisher hinblickend auf ihre Bedeutung für demokratische Online-Diskurse und für die COVID-19-Infodemie. Der Beitrag beleuchtet die politischen Konsequenzen und diskutiert ihr Framing, die ethische Perspektive auf Bots und gibt zwei konkrete Handlungsperspektiven.
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Notes
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Einige Beispiele finden sich hier: https://realpython.com/twitter-bot-python-tweepy/, https://digitalinspiration.com/product/twitter-bots, https://devblog.axway.com/apis/api-builder-twitter-bot-example/ (Zugriff am 26.04.2021).
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SF Quake Bot: https://twitter.com/earthquakesSF (Zugriff 26.04.2021).
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Hamm, A., Schossböck, J., Edelmann, N., Parycek, P. (2023). Social Bots im demokratischen Online-Diskurs: Ein Update zur Infodemie und Handlungsperspektiven. In: Kersting, N., Radtke, J., Baringhorst, S. (eds) Handbuch Digitalisierung und politische Beteiligung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31480-4_21-1
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