The State-Led Online Political Astroturfing and Its Intermedia Agenda-Setting Effect

• In Event: Shaping the Narrative: The Dynamics and Impacts of Agenda Setting in Media and Politics

Brief Overview

This study explores the effects of state-led online astroturfing on agenda-setting across media platforms, focusing on South Korea's 2012 NIS scandal. It examines how disinformation campaigns influence political discourse and the democratic process.

Authors

• Yu Jeong Hwang, University of Arizona

• Tae Hyun Lim, Hamilton College