Oxford Internet Institute

• Social Media Access and Use

  Has social media disrupted the status quo in terms of power and influence? Helen Margetts speaks at a British Library event on the myths and realities of social media: new democracy or mass deception? (Monday 17 June)

• Geolocation of Twitter Content

  How reliable are the key methods used to determine language and location of content in Twitter? New paper by M.Graham and S.Hale: Geolocation and Language Identification in Twitter, in The Professional Geographer (in press).

• Call for Papers: Biometrics

  IJICTHD is calling for papers for a special issue on the Social and Ethical Implications of Biometric Technology. Guest Editor: Anne-Marie Oostveen. Deadline: 1 November 2013.

• NSA Surveillance

  Ian Brown discusses the real-world consequences of NSA surveillance and "big data" approaches (the Guardian); Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the consequences for Internet companies that trade on trust (the Guardian).

• Turkish Protests

  Sandra González-Bailón writes about the dynamics of information diffusion in the Turkish protests; how social media can be used to recruit, mobilise and coordinate protesters without the infrastructure of formal organizations.

• Connectivity and Business Process Outsourcing in Kenya

  New paper by Mark Graham and Laura Mann: Technological and Conceptual Connectivity in Kenya's BPO and Software Development Sectors, in Elec. J. Info. Sys. Dev. Countries 56(2) 1-19.

Last updated on: 15 January 2013