Perceived threats from social bots: The media's role in supporting literacy

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Highlights：

• News coverage about social bots influences perceived threats from bots.

• Mass-mediated information to support literacy increases perceived bot control.

• Perceived bot control decreases perceived personal threats from social bots.

• Perceived bot control does not influence perceived societal threats from social bots.

摘要

•News coverage about social bots influences perceived threats from bots.•Mass-mediated information to support literacy increases perceived bot control.•Perceived bot control decreases perceived personal threats from social bots.•Perceived bot control does not influence perceived societal threats from social bots.

论文关键词：Social bots,Experiment,Literacy,News media,Threats

论文评审过程：Received 20 January 2020, Revised 16 July 2020, Accepted 24 July 2020, Available online 4 August 2020, Version of Record 19 August 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106507