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Researchers from [[Harvard University]] and the [[University of California]] [[San Diego]] published a study in 2017 entitled ''How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument'' based on an archive of 43,757 emails [[leak]]ed from the Internet Propaganda Office of Zhanggong,
Researchers from [[Harvard University]] and the [[University of California]] [[San Diego]] published a study in 2017 entitled ''How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument'' based on an archive of 43,757 emails [[leak]]ed from the Internet Propaganda Office of Zhanggong,
a district of Ganzhou City in Jiangxi province. The study received funding from [[DARPA]] and the [[National Science Foundation]].
a district of Ganzhou City in Jiangxi province. The study received funding from [[DARPA]] and the [[National Science Foundation]].
The study found almost all of the 50c army are government employees posting from government websites and not, as is commonly believed, ordinary citizens paid piecemeal for their work. Of the 43,757 posts, only 281 were made by individuals or groups that could not be identified. The content of these posts was very similar to those that could be identified. The remaining 99.3% were contributed by one of over 200 government agencies throughout the Zhanggong district. This included 9,159 posts or 20.9% made directly by the Zhanggong Internet Propaganda Office, 2,343 (5.4%) by the Zhanggong district Bureau of Commerce. Others come from functional bureaus in Zhanggong district (e.g., Sports Bureau, Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, Bureau of Taxation, Zhanggong district court, the government offices of Zhanggong’s sub-districts and townships (e.g., Shahe Township, Ganjiang sub-district), functional departments in each sub-district or township (Shuixi Township Party Office), and administrative offices of neighborhoods and villages in Zhanggong’s townships and sub-districts (e.g., Dongyang Shan neighborhood of the Nanwai sub-district, Hele village of the Shuixi sub-district).
==Further reading==
==Further reading==