CIC Fellow’s Research Receives Major News Coverage
CIC Fellow Samantha Bradshawrecently served as lead author for an Oxford study that found authoritarian and democratic governments game social media to shape public opinion. Her work was covered by Bloomberg and The Washington Post. In her interview with Bloomberg, Samantha comments “Social media makes propaganda campaigns much stronger and potentially more effective than in the past…I don’t think people realize how much governments are using these tools to reach them. It’s a lot more hidden.”
Samantha Bradshaw
Samantha Bradshaw is a D.Phil. candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and works on the Computational Propaganda Project as a core member of the research staff. Her dissertation examines government use of
social media for coordinated digital disinformation campaigns. Samantha’s work has been featured by numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and the Financial Times.
She holds an MA in global governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and a joint honors BA in political science and legal studies from the University of Waterloo.
