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Ahmer Arif

Researcher at University of Washington

Publications -  12
Citations -  600

Ahmer Arif is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & Disinformation. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 412 citations. Previous affiliations of Ahmer Arif include Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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Disinformation as Collaborative Work: Surfacing the Participatory Nature of Strategic Information Operations

TL;DR: This paper provides needed definitions and a framework for conceptualizing strategic information operations, and examines three case studies of online information operations using a sociotechnical lens that draws on CSCW theories and methods to account for the mutual shaping of technology, social structure, and human action.
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Acting the Part: Examining Information Operations Within #BlackLivesMatter Discourse

TL;DR: This article examined how Russian disinformation actors participated in a highly charged online conversation about the #BlackLivesMatter movement and police-related shootings in the USA during 2016 and identified accounts that were suspended by Twitter for being affiliated with the Internet Research Agency, an entity accused of conducting information operations in support of Russian political interests.
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How Information Snowballs: Exploring the Role of Exposure in Online Rumor Propagation

TL;DR: It is argued that considering the size of the exposed population is a vital component of understanding rumoring, and three distinct approaches to studying rumor dynamics-volume, exposure, and content production are highlighted.
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A Closer Look at the Self-Correcting Crowd: Examining Corrections in Online Rumors

TL;DR: The role of imagined audiences-both who those audiences are and how they react to and interact with shared information-in shaping users' decisions about whether and how to correct rumors is explored.
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Ecosystem or Echo-System? Exploring Content Sharing across Alternative Media Domains

TL;DR: A predominantly alternative media “echo-system” of websites that repeatedly share content about the White Helmets is articulated, demonstrating the role of alternative newswire-like services in providing content for alternative media websites.