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STUDENT : DEBORA RODRIGUES COSTA ALELUIA
DATE: 24/08/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência Via Google Meet
TITLE:

Is the bot the father of lies?: disinformation and the use of bots on Twiiter

KEY WORDS:

desinformation, bots, christian persecution, Twitter, Pegabot.

PAGES: 99
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Comunicação
SUMMARY:

The growing use of robots to promote disinformation (ITS RIO) raises concerns in the discussion about the internet and democracy. In Brazil, this phenomenon is expanding in an environment that presents peculiarities, such as the strong influence of protestantism in the spread of falsehoods, making it imperative for new research to consider this context in order to better understand the phenomenon and its consequences for the country. In this regard, this study aims to analyze how bots disseminate disinformation on Twitter, focusing on the discussion of Christian persecution in Brazil. We employed the Twitter data collection methodology using the Netlytic tool, as well as bot identification using Pegabot (ITS RIO, 2018), to explore a brazilian bot detection tool, identify the volume of bot accounts disseminating disinformation about the persecution of Christians on Twitter, and describe their coordinated activities. The results revealed that over half of the corpus consists of profiles with a high probability of being bots, highlighting how they operate and their role in manipulating public opinion.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1923882 - CAROLINA DANTAS DE FIGUEIREDO
Interna - 2312853 - IZABELA DOMINGUES DA SILVA
Externo à Instituição - JOÃO GUILHERME BASTOS DOS SANTOS