{"id":9893,"date":"2019-02-11T06:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T05:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:21:08","slug":"social-and-political-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/02\/social-and-political-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Social and Political Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media is an important tool for learning about current events and information. However, fake social media accounts called \u2018bots\u2019 have been used to try to influence public opinion even politics\u2014and it is not always for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been deceived by a computer-generated bot at one point or another.&nbsp;How do bots play a role in influencing public opinion to help spread awareness about a particular issue the person\/group who created them cares about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to know more about how bots are affecting social activism and politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How Are Bots Affecting Social Activism And Politics?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5YC96zeaaU?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are\u00a0political and activist bots?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is your take on using big data technology to help manipulate election results?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are ways to know you are engaged in a discourse with a bot?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can bots be of benefit to and risk for us?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anyone can easily create a Twitter bot nowadays. Ainsley O&#8217;Connell believes this is a great and empowering thing for the electorate in enabling them to magnify their voices. What are your thoughts on this?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Social media is an important tool for learning about current events and information. However, fake social media accounts called \u2018bots\u2019 have been used to try to influence public opinion even politics\u2014and it is not always for the better. 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