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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Socialbots and their friends |
| Subtitle of host publication | digital media and the automation of sociality |
| Editors | Robert W. Gehl, Maria Bakardjieva |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 164-186 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315637228 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138639393, 9781138639409 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
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Authenticity by design : reflections on researching, designing and teaching socialbots. / De Paoli, Stefano; Ball, Leslie; Coull, Natalie; Isaacs, John; MacDonald, Angus; Letham, Jonathan.
Socialbots and their friends: digital media and the automation of sociality. ed. / Robert W. Gehl; Maria Bakardjieva. Abingdon : Routledge, 2016. p. 164-186.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Authenticity by design
T2 - reflections on researching, designing and teaching socialbots
AU - De Paoli, Stefano
AU - Ball, Leslie
AU - Coull, Natalie
AU - Isaacs, John
AU - MacDonald, Angus
AU - Letham, Jonathan
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - In 2011 CNET news reported the theft of 250 gigabytes of personal data from Facebook (Musil, 2011). The event was the work of researchers (Boshmaf et al., 2011), who demonstrated the vulnerabilities of humans using social media to social engineering attacks. The study showed the extent to which a Social Networking Site (SNS) could be infiltrated by computer programs imitating human behaviour, the so-called socialbots . A socialbot aims at attracting ‘followers’ by building a network of trust relations amongst its followers and convincing other users they are interacting with a person and not a software. The aim of the socialbot could be deception, spamming, the collection of private data or even the distribution of malware. Research on socialbots is still circumscribed and we are starting to see the level of threat that they can have for Internet users. Some contributions to socialbot research have been made in the area of computer security (Boshmaf et al., 2011, Elishar et al., 2012, Wald et al., 2013), studying issues such as socialbot nets or penetration into an organisation via SNSs supported by socialbots.
AB - In 2011 CNET news reported the theft of 250 gigabytes of personal data from Facebook (Musil, 2011). The event was the work of researchers (Boshmaf et al., 2011), who demonstrated the vulnerabilities of humans using social media to social engineering attacks. The study showed the extent to which a Social Networking Site (SNS) could be infiltrated by computer programs imitating human behaviour, the so-called socialbots . A socialbot aims at attracting ‘followers’ by building a network of trust relations amongst its followers and convincing other users they are interacting with a person and not a software. The aim of the socialbot could be deception, spamming, the collection of private data or even the distribution of malware. Research on socialbots is still circumscribed and we are starting to see the level of threat that they can have for Internet users. Some contributions to socialbot research have been made in the area of computer security (Boshmaf et al., 2011, Elishar et al., 2012, Wald et al., 2013), studying issues such as socialbot nets or penetration into an organisation via SNSs supported by socialbots.
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DO - 10.4324/9781315637228
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781138639393
SN - 9781138639409
SP - 164
EP - 186
BT - Socialbots and their friends
A2 - Gehl, Robert W.
A2 - Bakardjieva, Maria
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon
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