Oxford Internet Institute
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
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Exploring the Materialities of Digital Information
Register to attend (26 Oct 2017): Paul Dourish on exploring the Materialities of Digital Information.
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Oxford Internet Institute students at a seminar
Applications now open for our graduate programmes
We are now accepting applications for our MSc and DPhil Programmes
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OII Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet in 2004
An Evening with Dame Stephanie Shirley
Register to attend (30 Nov 2017): British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist - Dame Stephanie Shirley shares stories from her career as a leader in IT and from her personal life.
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Discover
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Social Media, News and Political Information during the US Election
Data memo from the computational propaganda project: Was Polarizing Content Concentrated in Swing States?
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How do the world’s largest companies use online freelancing platforms?
New report from the iLabour Project on how Fortune 500 Firms are Adopting Online Freelancing Platforms
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Towards a Fairer Gig Economy
Download our new pamphlet ‘Towards a Fairer Gig Economy’
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Digital Ethics Lab
Find out more about the OII's Digital Ethics Lab which aims to tackle the ethical challenges posed by digital innovation
Events
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Oct
26
26 October 2017
17:15 - 18:45
Bellwether Lecture: Exploring the Materialities of Digital Information
Paul Dourish,
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Nov
1
1 November 2017
16:30 - 18:00
OxDeg: The impacts of official conspiracy theories: The Gezi Park protests
Dr Türkay Salim Nefes,
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Nov
3
3 November 2017
15:00 - 16:00
Live Virtual Q&A for Prospective OII DPhil Students
Professor Gina Neff,
Videos
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Is Social Media Killing Democracy? Computational Propaganda, Algorithms, Automation and Public Life
Speakers: Professor Philip Howard
The New ABCs of Research: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations
Speakers: Ben Shneiderman
OxCrowd: Tags to Tools: Crowdsourcing to understand and encourage engagement with cultural heritage
Speakers: Dr Kathryn Eccles, Jamie Cameron
From the blogs
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I co-wrote a song about Internet Geography: ‘ Use the Digital to Make the World you Want to See’
I recently co-wrote a song about my research (and my team’s research) with the...
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Automation, Productivity, and Human Work
What to make of automation, and what automation will make of us, are two...
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We offer both full-time and part-time courses including an MSc in Social Science of the Internet, MSc in Social Data Science and a DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences.
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