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俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰前,Telegram上出现图片雪崩式增长

An Avalanche of Images on Telegram Preceded Russia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

William Theisen, Michael Yankoski, Kristina Hook, Ernesto Verdeja, Walter Scheirer, Tim Weninger

AI总结:

本研究通过分析989名俄罗斯军事博主的Telegram发帖历史,发现2022年俄乌全面冲突前两周相关帖子、图片及政治显著性篡改图片均出现大幅增长,呼吁进一步研究视觉媒体在冲突前的作用。

摘要:

各国政府会在社交媒体上利用宣传手段(包括视觉内容,即政治显著性图像模式(Politically Salient Image Patterns, PSIP))来影响和操纵公众舆论。在本研究中,我们收集了989名俄罗斯军事博主(milblogger)的Telegram发帖历史,以更好地理解2022年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰前后几个月里在网络上传播的社会与政治叙事。总体而言,我们发现在入侵前的两周内,这些账号发布的帖子数量增长了8925%(p<0.001),发布的图片数量增长了5352%(p<0.001)。我们还观察到,Telegram上传播的具有政治显著性的篡改图片的数量和传播强度也出现了类似增长。尽管本文并未评估这些活动中的恶意性或协同性,但我们在结论中呼吁进一步研究篡改视觉媒体在不稳定事件和武装冲突爆发前的作用。

英文摘要:

Governments use propaganda, including through visual content -- or Politically Salient Image Patterns (PSIP) -- on social media, to influence and manipulate public opinion. In the present work, we collected Telegram post-history of from 989 Russian milbloggers to better understand the social and political narratives that circulated online in the months surrounding Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Overall, we found an 8,925% increase (p<0.001) in the number of posts and a 5,352% increase (p<0.001) in the number of images posted by these accounts in the two weeks prior to the invasion. We also observed a similar increase in the number and intensity of politically salient manipulated images that circulated on Telegram. Although this paper does not evaluate malice or coordination in these activities, we do conclude with a call for further research into the role that manipulated visual media has in the lead-up to instability events and armed conflict.

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