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troll factories: a standalone construct

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trollfactories1 CONSTRUCTTroll factoriesLINVILL · POLITICAL

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Political communication

organized, often state-backed operations that run fake accounts with specialized personas to spread disinformation.

In political communication, troll factories refers to organized, often state-backed operations that run fake accounts with specialized personas to spread disinformation. This meaning comes from Linvill (2020) in Political Communication.[1]

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References

  1. Linvill, D. L., & Warren, P. L. (2020). Troll Factories: Manufacturing Specialized Disinformation on Twitter. Political Communication, 37(4), 447-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2020.1718257

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