"Machine journalism"

News Automation – The rewards, risks and realities of ‘machine journalism’ (WAN-IFRA Report)

Here’s how publishers around the world are using automated news (NiemanLab)

Weaponized Health Communication

Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate. Much of the anti-vaccines movement may be generated by malicious actors with malicious objectives. Whereas bots that spread malware and unsolicited content disseminated antivaccine messages, Russian trolls promoted discord. Accounts masquerading as legitimate users create false equivalency, eroding public consensus on vaccination.

The "troll factory"

The Russians Who Exposed Russia’s Trolls (@DFRlab)

From Russian, with bots, bytes and bars...

How Putin keeps the internet under state control (Wired)

Russia’s next fake news campaign could devastate the economy (Wired)

On Automation in Media Industries

On Automation in Media Industries: Integrating Algorithmic Media Production into Media Industries Scholarship (Philip M. Napoli)

Watch Out, Journalists

Watch Out, Journalists: Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs Too

Bot Traffic Report 2013

Bot traffic is up to 61.5% of all website traffic.