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Dr Marco Bastos

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication

School of Communication & Creativity Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries

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Dr Marco Bastos D626 , Rhind Building [D]
City St George's, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

I'm the University College Dublin Ad Astra Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries at City, University of London. Previous to that I held research positions at the University of Sao Paulo, University of California at Davis, and Duke University, where I am an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center.

My work addresses sociological aspects of digital media with a substantive interest in the cross-effects between online and offline social networks. My research brings together communication and computational social science and the source code of my projects is available on CRAN and GitHub.

Publications

Publications by category

Books (5)

  • Bastos, M. (2024). BREXIT, TWEETED Polarization and Social Media Manipulation Conclusion. ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2021). Spatializing Social Media. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-37420-4.
  • Walker, S., Mercea, D. and Bastos, M. (2021). Disinformation and Data Lockdown on Social Platforms. Walker, S., Mercea, D. and Bastos, M. (Eds.), London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-03-207447-4.
  • Recuero, R., Bastos, M. and Zago, G. (2015). Analise de Redes para a Midia Social. ISBN 978-85-205-0733-9.
  • Bastos, M. Spatializing Social Media. Routledge.

Chapters (25)

  • Bastos, M. (2025). Tabloids. In Nai, A., Grömping, M. and Wirz, D. (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication Edward Elgar.
  • Bastos, M. and Freitas, O. (2025). The Bannon Doctrine: Network Insurrectionism and Democratic Backsliding. In Papacharissi, Z. (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Democracy London, UK: Routledge.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). The Politics of Deletion. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 117–135). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Social Media Manipulation. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 104–113). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Political Realignment. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 27–33). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Polarization. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 49–68). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Nationalism and Populism. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 34–46). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Information Warfare. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 91–103). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Fifty Million Brexit Tweets. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 7–23). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Bots and Trolls. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 69–87). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2024). Accountability of Social Platforms. BREXIT, TWEETED (pp. 136–147). ISBN 978-1-5292-2449-8.
  • Bastos, M. (2021). Network Spillover Effects and the Dyadic Interactions of Virtual, Social, and Spatial. Spatial Transformations (pp. 169–180). Routledge.
  • Walker, S., Mercea, D. and Bastos, M. (2021). Introduction The disinformation landscape and the lockdown of social platforms. Disinformation and Data Lockdown on Social Platforms (pp. 1–13). Routledge.
  • Bastos, M. and Mercea, D. (2020). Parametrizing Brexit: mapping Twitter political space to parliamentary constituencies. In Maren, B. (Ed.), Digital Media, Political Polarization and Challenges to Democracy (pp. 7–25). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-53414-0.
  • Bastos, M.T. (2020). Spatial Analysis Meets Internet Research. Second International Handbook of Internet Research (pp. 29–46). Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-024-1553-7.
  • Bastos, M. and Mercea, D. (2020). Parametrizing Brexit. Digital Media, Political Polarization and Challenges to Democracy (pp. 7–25). Routledge.
  • Bruns, A. (2018). Big Social Data Approaches in Internet Studies: The Case of Twitter. Second International Handbook of Internet Research (pp. 1–17). Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-024-1202-4.
  • Bastos, M.T. (2018). Spatial Analysis Meets Internet Research. Second International Handbook of Internet Research (pp. 1–18). Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-024-1202-4.
  • Bastos, (2016). Digital Journalism and Tabloid Journalism. In Franklin, B. and Eldridge, S. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies ISBN 978-1-138-88796-1.
  • Recuero, R., Zago, G. and Bastos, (2015). Twitter in political campaigns: The Brazilian 2014 presidential election. In Bruns, A., Enli, G., Larsson, A.O. and Christensen, C. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics 2015: Routledge. ISBN 1-317-50655-3.
  • Recuero, R., Zago, G. and Bastos, M.T. (2015). Twitter in Political Campaigns. The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (pp. 518–530). Routledge.
  • Recuero, R., Zago, G. and Bastos, O rolezinho na mídia social: discurso e violência simbólica. A INSUSTENTAVEL LEVEZA DA WEB ISBN 978-85-232-1260-5.
  • Bastos, M.T. Medium, media, mediação e midiatização : a perspectiva germânica. Mediação & midiatização (pp. 53–77). EDUFBA. ISBN 978-85-232-1205-6.
  • Bastos, O sentido espectral da comunicação eletrônica. Cenários, teorias e epistemologias da comunicação Editora E-papers. ISBN 978-85-7650-112-1.
  • Bastos, M.T. Tabloid Journalism. (pp. 1–6). Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-84167-9.

Conference papers and proceedings (7)

Dataset

Internet publications (2)

Journal articles (59)

Patent

  • Travitzki, R., Bastos, and Raimundo, R. (2014). Tweet-Mine. Patent no. BR5120130004519

Software (2)

  • Bastos, and Puschmann, C. (2016). GuardianR: The Guardian API Wrapper. CRAN: CRAN.
  • Bastos, (2016). SocialMediaMineR: A Social Media Search and Analytic Tool. CRAN: CRAN.

Working papers (16)

  • Puschmann, C., Bastos, M.T. and Schmidt, J.-.H. Birds of a Feather Petition Together? Characterizing E-Petitioning Through the Lens of Platform Data. Elsevier BV
  • Vinhas, O. and Bastos, M.T. Fact-Checking Misinformation: Eight Notes on Consensus Reality. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. Five Challenges in Detection and Mitigation of Disinformation on Social Media. Elsevier BV
  • Zhong, J. and Bastos, M.T. Local News as Propaganda: Precarization and Media Control in Qinghai News. Elsevier BV
  • Mercea, D., Karatas, D. and Bastos, M.T. Persistent Activist Communication in Occupy Gezi. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. Tabloid Journalism. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T., Mercea, D. and Charpentier, A. Tents, Tweets, and Events: The Interplay between Ongoing Protests and Social Media. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. and Mercea, D. The Brexit Botnet and User-Generated Hyperpartisan News. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T., Mercea, D. and Baronchelli, A. The Geographic Embedding of Online Echo Chambers: Evidence from the Brexit Campaign. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. and Mercea, D. The Public Accountability of Social Platforms: Lessons from a Study on Bots and Trolls in the Brexit Campaign. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. and Tuters, M. Meaningful disinformation: narrative rituals and affective folktales. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T., Walker, S. and Simeone, M. The IMPED Model: Detecting Low-Quality Information in Social Media. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T. and Recuero, R. The Insurrectionist Playbook: Jair Bolsonaro and the National Congress of Brazil. Elsevier BV
  • Vinhas, O. and Bastos, M.T. The WEIRD Governance of Fact-Checking and the Politics of Content Moderation. Elsevier BV
  • Vinhas, O. and Bastos, M.T. When fact-checking is not WEIRD: Negotiating consensus outside Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) countries. Elsevier BV
  • Bastos, M.T., Vinhas, O., Recuero, R. and Soares, F. Reverse Influence: The Social Production of Disinformation in the 2022 Brazilian General Election. Elsevier BV