Ste Davies' Digital Influence Podcast

Alexandra Pavliuc is a social network analyst, whose research on disinformation operations has been published by NATO Defense Strategic Communications and funded by the Mozilla Foundation. Findings from her research have been disseminated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Engineering & Technology Magazine, and The Startup. Alexandra has collaborated with government bodies to develop disinformation research tools, and teaches data science for Decoded in London. Alexandra holds an MSc in Data Science from City, University of London, as well as a BA in Professional Communication and a Minor in Physics from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Show highlights 1:13 Alexa introduces herself and her main focus areas in social network analysis. 2:06 Alexa introduces the research she carried out looking at state-backed disinformation operations on the Twitter platform. 5:28 Alexa provides a description on what disinformation in social media means 8:27 Comparing the datasets from six different state-ba