Democracy’s future depends on our ability to use AI to our benefit, not to benefit its most unscrupulous human agents by its ...

As large language models (LLMs) increasingly replace traditional search engines as tools for information gathering, the use of AI in the political arena—and its impact on elections—is inevitable.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo collage of several political ads about fundraising text messages from politicians. (Los Angeles Times) "Hi, we chose you ...

Students of Ricardo Valencia, associate professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, have a unique perspective on the local, state and national political campaigns filling the news this ...

June 27 (UPI) --People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a ...

Text messages that come to your phone as spam messages are a nuisance at best and a risk to your personal security at worst. But somewhere in between lies a unique type of spam text message that ...

Political parties are increasingly investing in social media campaigns in an attempt to shape consensus. Refined analysis and complex techniques are now widely used in political communication ...

In my time researching political advertising, one common communication method that often generates complaints is the proliferation of campaign corflutes. Politicians love them. Not so, many members of ...

Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They ...

“Hi, we chose you for our Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Candidate Assessment but you didn’t respond. It’s only 11 questions,” the text message said, followed by a link. The scolding came out of the blue, ...