Advances in Social Bots
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems & Control Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 590
Special Issue Editors
Interests: social bots; cyber security; social networks
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: artificial general intelligence; social network mining; knowledge graph
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the profound integration of technology and media, the ongoing development of social bots showcases an enhanced ability to mimic and engage in more covert machine behaviors. This new generation of social bots provides unprecedented convenience for public communication. However, the rapid development also presents substantial real-world risks in diverse domains. In the context of maintaining social stability, these automated systems have the potential to act as catalysts for social unrest, contributing to the proliferation of destabilizing elements. In the field of news dissemination, social bots may be employed to propagate misinformation or fake news, or they might filter and promote news stories based on specific algorithms and datasets, potentially leading to selection bias in the information presented. Moreover, they can be utilized to fabricate or amplify focus on particular issues, thereby manipulating public opinion. Regarding the aspect of financial security, the actions of social bots have the potential to contribute to a notable increase in instances of financial fraud, thereby posing a substantial threat to economic systems. In the realm of commercial marketing, there exists a potential for social bots to disseminate deceptive or exaggerated promotional content, undermining consumer interests and the equity of the marketplace. Crucially, the utilization of social bots gives rise to concerns regarding potential violations of personal privacy, thereby eliciting widespread apprehension. Behind this challenge lies a multitude of research topics spanning various disciplines, including bot detection, emotion analysis, stance detection, human–machine conversation, intelligent interaction, and content generation. Addressing these research topics is essential to guide the advancement of social bot technology. This will ensure that its development promotes communication convenience while minimizing any potential negative effects on societal, communication, financial, marketing, and personal domains.
This Special Issue solicits papers on new research achievements and challenges in social bots.
Topics of interest in this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Social Bot Detection in Social Networks;
- Emotion Analysis in Social Bots;
- Stance Detection in Social Bots;
- Human–Machine Conversation;
- Artificial Intelligence for Social Bots;
- Intelligent Interaction in Social Bots;
- Multi-Modal Content Generation;
- Computational Modelling of Information Diffusion;
- Misinformation Detection in Social Media;
- Social Bot Influence Analysis;
- Dynamics of Online Opinion Propaganda.
Dr. Yangyang Li
Dr. Yangzhao Yang
Dr. Hu Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- social agent
- multi-agent
- conversational AI
- emotion detection
- sentiment analysis
- social interaction modelling
- social bot detection
- multi-modal content generation
- user experience evaluation
