Our team will present the latest research about the manipulation of public opinion over social media. This briefing will help ground a group conversation about the prospects for improving deliberative democracy and provide a first look at the Lab’s most recent research findings from a series of country specific case studies.
The event will include an executive summary by the lead investigators, comments by specific case study authors, and an open Q&A session with attendees. This case studies series focuses on the spread of computational propaganda in nine countries, including several with recent or upcoming elections: Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United States. Each case study involves an investigation of digital misinformation in domestic politics, with particular attention to the role of automated and algorithmic manipulation. We will present a summary of the findings and offer some conclusions on the impact of these trends on public life.
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Where: Mishcon de Reya, Africa House, 70 Kingsway, London WC2B 6AH.
Who: Professor Phil Howard and Samuel C. Woolley, University of Oxford.
When: June 19, 2017, 9-10:30 am (breakfast included)
Note: Places are limited to 60.
Former Research Assistant
Samuel Woolley was the Director of Research of the Computational Propaganda project, and left the OII to become Assistant Professor at the University of Texas.
Professor of Internet Studies
Philip N. Howard is a professor of sociology, information, and international affairs. He is Director of the Programme on Democracy and Technology, and is a Professorial Fellow of Balliol College.
