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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Jeremy Corbyn campaign in West Kirby. Image credits: Andy Miah (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Three Reasons Why #GE2017 Was the Real Social Media Election
Helen Margetts on how the UK general election of 2017 turned out to be one of the most exciting and unexpected of all time.
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OII Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet in 2004
Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley Honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours
The Oxford Internet Institute is delighted to announce that the OII Founding Donor, entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley was made a member of Order of the Companions of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The Companion of Honour is a special award granted to those who have made a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time.
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Prizes for OII staff and students at Oxford’s OxTalent awards
The OII picked up prizes at Oxford's 2017 OxTALENT awards, which recognise members of the University who have made innovative use of digital technology.
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How ready is Africa to join the knowledge economy?
Changes in the ways knowledge is created and used — and how this is enabled by new information technologies — are driving economic and social development worldwide
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Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark
Corrine Cath on a landmark document that focuses on the role and responsibilities of the private sector towards the right to freedom of expression.
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Our knowledge of how automated agents interact is rather poor (and that could be a problem)
Wikipedia uses editing bots to clean articles: but what happens when their interactions go bad?
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Oxford Internet Institute Launches Digital Ethics Lab
Oxford Internet Institute Launches Digital Ethics Lab: Tackles Ethical Challenges Posed by Digital Innovation
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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
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Social Media and News Sources during the 2017 UK General Election
Platforms like Twitter and sources like Wikipedia are important parts of the information diet...
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Should Technical Actors Play a Political Role in the Internet Age?
Corinne Cath is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Alan Turing...
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Pirates, Fashionistas and Dragon Queens unite to push UK youth to #RegisterToVote
Instagram becomes key battleground for young voters in UK General Election 2017 As the 2017...
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