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IMITATE3

Research

The research design for IMITATE3 is multi-method, multi-sited, cross-platform, and encompasses both primary and secondary analysis.

This will enable us to build an understanding of the mechanics and dynamics of information operations via a variety of vectors and perspectives.

The project includes:

  • Data Collection: Using open APIs and other tools to gather large-scale social media data on state-led information campaigns
  • Election Analysis: Studying information campaigns in over 100 countries with the 2024 elections
  • Framework Development: Creating standardised methods to compare influence operations and measure their impacts using current conflicts as case studies

Latest research

Facing the Truth: Information Threats and the Shifting Landscape of Fact-Checking

Facing the Truth: Information Threats and the Shifting Landscape of Fact-Checking

Fact-checking exemplifies key challenges that the IMITATE3 research program seeks to address through its focus on Events, Evolution, and Effects.

Background

We draw on the research from Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute and expertise from our partner institutions, Bath and Coventry Universities.

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Russian political technologists – experts in “information warfare” – prepare for US elections

Report describes this “middle tier” of professionals who sit between Kremlin strategy and the delivery of disinformation operations.

Soft Facts

'Soft Facts' and spontaneous community mobilisation: the role of rumour after major crime events

Innovation charity Nesta has funded a number of research projects that explore two dimensions of how big and open data can be used for the common good.