OII | Hay Festival 2016

Published on
27 May 2016

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Helen Margetts

Author Helen Margetts discussed Political Turbulence at the 2016 Hay Festival.

As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media such as Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing, liking, endorsing or downloading. Chain reactions caused by these tiny acts of participation form a growing part of collective action today, from neighbourhood campaigns to global political movements. …Full details

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Professor Helen Margetts

Professor of Society and the Internet

Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet, a political scientist specialising in digital government and politics. She was Director of the OII from 2011-18. She is a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College.

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