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Disinformation creep: ADOS and the strategic weapon-ization of breaking news

Published:2021-01-19 Issue: Volume: Page:
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Container-title:Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
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Short-container-title:HKS Misinfo Review

Author:

Nkonde Mutale¹,Rodriguez Maria Y.²,Cortana Leonard³,Mukogosi Joan K.⁴,King Shakira⁵,Serrato Ray⁶,Martinez Natalie⁶,Drummer Mary⁶,Lewis Ann⁶,Malik Momin M.⁶

Affiliation:

1. Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University, USA

2. School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, USA

3. Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA

4. ) Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, USA

5. AI for the People, USA

6. MoveOn, USA

Abstract

In this essay, we conduct a descriptive content analysis from a sample of a dataset made up of 534 thousand scraped tweets, supplemented with access to 1.36 million tweets from the Twitter fire-hose, from accounts that used the #ADOS hashtag between November 2019 and September 2020. ADOS is an acronym for American Descendants of Slavery, a largely online group that operates within Black online communities. We find that the ADOS network strategically uses breaking news events to encourage discourage Black voters from voting for the Democratic party, a phenomenon we call disinformation creep. Conversely, the ADOS network has remained largely silent about the impact of the novel coronavirus on Black communities, undermining its claims that it works in the interests of Black Americans.

Publisher

Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy

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