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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Vili Lehdonvirta on measuring the growth of new online labour markets
Existing national employment statistics, which are vital for policy makers and researchers, capture almost nothing of the employment that is happening under the new rules of the online labour market. Vili Lehdonvirta explains how at the Oxford Internet Institute we are creating an Online Labour Index -- a tool that measures the utilisation of these online labour markets in near realtime. http://ilabour.oii.ox.ac.uk
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Lawrence Lessig to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the OII
Lawrence ‘Larry’ Lessig, founder of Creative Commons and Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard University will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at an OII Awards Dinner held on 11 November 2016, in recognition of his outstanding scholarship and public advocacy. Tickets for the Awards Dinner are now on sale.
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Want to study with us? Come to our open days!
If you are thinking about applying to study at the OII, attending one of our open days either in person or virtually is your chance to find out more. Our next open days are on 17 November and 6 December.
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Can Deliveroo deliver collective bargaining for the gig economy?
The initial Deliveroo protest seems to have been a spontaneous outburst against perceived injustice. But how can we explain this impulsive coming together of workers in the gig economy, when, by its nature, it is so highly individualised and fragmented? In his analysis of the nature and consequences of the Deliveroo strike Alex Wood says that network-based informal collective bargaining -- backed by reputation damaging direct action -- may represent a model of labour relations which becomes ever more prevalent as the 'gig economy' expands.
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#StrongerIn and #Brexit: computational propaganda in the UK-EU Referendum
Phil Howard and Bence Kollanyi analyzed the tweeting patterns for both human users and bots during the UK referendum on EU membership, finding that political bots had a small but strategic role in the referendum conversations.
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Which countries and occupations are embracing the online gig economy?
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The Online Labour Index is an index that measures the utilization of online labour [...]
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