Marco Bastos is Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London.

“Marco Bastos's social media analysis work already stands out, but this book provides perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of an event on Twitter, making it something of a landmark study.” Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam

• 1. Introduction2. Fifty Million Brexit TweetsPART I: The Great Upset3. Political Realignment4. Nationalism and PopulismPART II: Bots Talking to Bots5. Polarization6. Bots and TrollsPART III: Troll Farms Offshore7. Information Warfare8. Social Media ManipulationPART IV: Politics Erased9. The Politics of Deletion10. Accountability of Social Platforms11. Conclusion

Marco Bastos is Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London.

“Marco Bastos's social media analysis work already stands out, but this book provides perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of an event on Twitter, making it something of a landmark study.” Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam

• 1. Introduction2. Fifty Million Brexit TweetsPART I: The Great Upset3. Political Realignment4. Nationalism and PopulismPART II: Bots Talking to Bots5. Polarization6. Bots and TrollsPART III: Troll Farms Offshore7. Information Warfare8. Social Media ManipulationPART IV: Politics Erased9. The Politics of Deletion10. Accountability of Social Platforms11. Conclusion

Marco Bastos is Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London.

“Marco Bastos's social media analysis work already stands out, but this book provides perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of an event on Twitter, making it something of a landmark study.” Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam

• 1. Introduction2. Fifty Million Brexit TweetsPART I: The Great Upset3. Political Realignment4. Nationalism and PopulismPART II: Bots Talking to Bots5. Polarization6. Bots and TrollsPART III: Troll Farms Offshore7. Information Warfare8. Social Media ManipulationPART IV: Politics Erased9. The Politics of Deletion10. Accountability of Social Platforms11. Conclusion