Docket+ 7 August

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Highlights

1. By any memes necessary: Belief- and chaos-driven motives for sharing conspiracy theories on social media (SAGE, 1 August)
2. The role of (trust in) the source of prebunks and debunks of misinformation. Evidence from online experiments in four EU countries (OSF, 1 August)

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1. Academia & Research

1.1 Platforms & Technology

1. The Meta Studies: Nuanced Findings, Corporate Spin, and Media Oversimplification: Is This a ‘New Model for Platform Research’? (Just Security, 2 August)
2. Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media (Cogitatio, 3 August)
3. The (not so) secret governors of the internet: Morality policing and platform politics (SAGE, 4 August)
4. Social media policy in two dimensions: understanding the role of anti-establishment beliefs and political ideology in Americans’ attribution of responsibility regarding online content (T&F, 3 August)
   

1.2 World News

1. How Robust Is The Evidence Base For The Human Ability To Recognise Suspicious Activity/Hostile Reconnaissance? (Crest, 25 July)
2. Suspicious network’s copypasta replies to Sudanese paramilitary group’s tweets (DFRLab, 2 August)
3. Social Media Effects on Public Trust in the European Union (Oxford Academic, 3 August)
4. Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram (Cogitatio, 3 August)

Russia & Ukraine

1. Clickbait Facebook pages trick Ukrainians into following dubious Telegram channels  (DFRLab, 1 August)
2. The Kremlin’s climate camouflage (EUvsDisinfo, 2 August)
3. How to buy friends and deceive people (EUvsDisinfo, 3 August)
4. “Anti-Regime Influentials” Across Platforms: A Case Study of the Free Navalny Protests in Russia (Cogitatio, 3 August)
5. Barriers to Participation in Polarized Online Discussions About Covid-19 and the Russo-Ukrainian War (Cogitatio, 3 August)