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The Most Important Lesson From the Dust-Up Over Trump’s Fake Twitter Followers
2 June 2017
Authors: Robert Gorwa
Project members Tim Hwang and Sam Woolley have a new article in Slate discussing bots that follow political candidates. Let’s be clear: Coordinated campaigns of misinformation and manipulation on ... Read More The Most Important Lesson From the Dust-Up Over Trump’s Fake Twitter Followers
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Could universal basic income counter the gig economy’s problems?
13 April 2017
Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta
shutterstock.com Platforms like eBay, Uber, Airbnb, and Freelancer are thriving, growing the digital economy and disrupting existing business. The question is how to ensure that the transformations they entail ... Read More Could universal basic income counter the gig economy’s problems?
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Fake News: Why the West is Blind to Russia’s Propaganda Today
31 January 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
Russia has skilfully exploited social media to divide the West and increase Moscow’s power in Europe, the US and eventually Asia. The use of social media as a platform ... Read More Fake News: Why the West is Blind to Russia’s Propaganda Today
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data
17 January 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
We are pleased to announce a special issue of the journal Big Data dedicated to computational propaganda. This special issue is guest edited by project members Professor Phil Howard ... Read More Call for Papers: Special Issue on Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data
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Of course social media is transforming politics. But it’s not to blame for Brexit and Trump
9 January 2017
Authors: Helen Margetts
After Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, 2016 will be remembered as the year of cataclysmic democratic events on both sides of the Atlantic. Social media has been ... Read More Of course social media is transforming politics. But it’s not to blame for Brexit and Trump
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Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
7 December 2016
Authors: Brent Mittelstadt
The Facebook Wall, by René C. Nielsen (Flickr). A central ideal of democracy is that political discourse should allow a fair and critical exchange of ideas and values. But ... Read More Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
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Is Social Media Killing Democracy?
15 November 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada, by Darron Birgenheier (Flickr). This is the big year for computational propaganda — using immense data sets to manipulate public opinion over social media. Both the ... Read More Is Social Media Killing Democracy?
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IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
25 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
The Internet certainly disrupted our understanding of what communication can be, who does it, how, and to what effect. What constitutes the Internet has always been an evolving suite ... Read More IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
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IJOC: Automation, Big Data and Politics: A Research Review
15 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
We review the great variety of critical scholarship on algorithms, automation, and big data in areas of contemporary life both to document where there has been robust scholarship and ... Read More IJOC: Automation, Big Data and Politics: A Research Review
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Growing Bot Security: An Ecological View of Bot Agency
15 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
Political actors are now deploying software programs called social bots that use social networking services such as Facebook or Twitter to communicate with users and manipulate their behavior, creating ... Read More Growing Bot Security: An Ecological View of Bot Agency
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Auditing for Transparency in Content Personalization Systems
15 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
Do we have a right to transparency when we use content personalization systems? Building on prior work in discrimination detection in data mining, I propose algorithm auditing as a ... Read More Auditing for Transparency in Content Personalization Systems
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When the Algorithm Itself is a Racist: Diagnosing Ethical Harm in the Basic Components of Software
15 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
Computer algorithms organize and select information across a wide range of applications and industries, from search results to social media. Abuses of power by Internet platforms have led to ... Read More When the Algorithm Itself is a Racist: Diagnosing Ethical Harm in the Basic Components of Software
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IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
14 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
The Internet certainly disrupted our understanding of what communication can be, who does it, how, and to what effect. What constitutes the Internet has always been an evolving suite ... Read More IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
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Digital\Human\Labour **Call for papers at the 2017 AAG meeting**
6 September 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
Call for Papers: Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. April 5-9, 2017, Boston, MA The proposed Digital Geographies Working Group of the RGS/IBG and the proposed Digital Geographies Specialty ... Read More Digital\Human\Labour **Call for papers at the 2017 AAG meeting**
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Digital\Human\Labour **Call for papers at the 2017 AAG meeting**
6 September 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
Call for Papers: Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting. April 5-9, 2017, Boston, MA The proposed Digital Geographies Working Group of the RGS/IBG and the proposed Digital Geographies Specialty ... Read More Digital\Human\Labour **Call for papers at the 2017 AAG meeting**
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Alan Turing Institute and OII: Summit on Data Science for Government and Policy Making
31 May 2016
Authors: Helen Margetts
The benefits of big data and data science for the private sector are well recognised. So far, considerably less attention has been paid to the power and potential of ... Read More Alan Turing Institute and OII: Summit on Data Science for Government and Policy Making
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P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.
7 March 2016
Authors: Taha Yasseri
P-values are widely used in the social sciences, especially ‘big data’ studies, to calculate statistical significance. Yet they are widely criticized for being easily hacked, and for not telling us ... Read More P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.
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The end of ideology? Big data and decision-making in politics
30 January 2013
Authors: Manuel Schaeffer
Algorithmic decision-making Throughout most of the 20th century, one leader or ruling party tried to frame the policy visions of the future and then act upon them. Mostly, ideology ... Read More The end of ideology? Big data and decision-making in politics
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