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  • Tag: Digital Politics and Government

    • Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend?

      3 November 2020

      Authors:

      Hamza Salem
      Fabian Stephany

      Predicting the outcome of the 2020 US Senate election using Wikipedia pageview data by Hamza Salem, Oxford Internet Institute MSc Alumnus and Dr Fabian Stephany, Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute. In ...
      Read More Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend?

    • Hijacking Hashtags in Times of COVID-19: How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter

      21 October 2020

      Authors:

      Fabian Stephany
      Philipp Darius

      Philipp Darius, doctoral candidate, Centre for Digital Governance, Hertie School, Berlin and Dr Fabian Stephany,  Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute,  explain how political actors are highjacking hashtags to polarise ...
      Read More Hijacking Hashtags in Times of COVID-19: How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter

    • How the rise of Religious Misinformation is contributing to the Covid-19 infodemic

      5 August 2020

      Authors:

      Mona Elswah
      Mahsa Alimardani

      How the rise of Religious Misinformation is contributing to the Covid-19 infodemic By Masha Alimardani, Doctoral Candidate, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford  and Mona Elswah, Doctoral Candidate, Oxford ...
      Read More How the rise of Religious Misinformation is contributing to the Covid-19 infodemic

    • Online politics needs to be cleaned up – but not just by Facebook and Twitter say Oxford academics

      18 November 2019

      Author:

      Sara Spinks

      This article was previously published by the Guardian 11 November 2019 Social media platforms do have a role to play, but real change requires political parties to take responsibility. ...
      Read More Online politics needs to be cleaned up – but not just by Facebook and Twitter say Oxford academics

    • Digital technology has the power to transform health care, but is only part of the solution

      11 July 2019

      Authors:

      Jessica Morley
      Luciano Floridi

      As the NHS embraces the use of digital technology, AI expert Professor Luciano Floridi, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, warns of the inherent risks in relying solely on ...
      Read More Digital technology has the power to transform health care, but is only part of the solution

    • How can distributed ledger technology, such as blockchain, help in the fight against government corruption?

      25 June 2019

      Author:

      Nikita Aggarwal

      Given that government corruption is rooted in an abuse of trust by elected representatives, it is tempting to think that corruption would be eradicated or at least significantly reduced ...
      Read More How can distributed ledger technology, such as blockchain, help in the fight against government corruption?

    • Five reasons ‘technological solutions’ are a distraction from the Irish border problem

      21 February 2019

      Authors:

      Helen Margetts
      Dr Cosmina Dorobantu
      Dr Florian Ostmann
      Christina Hitrova

      In this post, Helen Margetts, Cosmina Dorobantu, Florian Ostmann, and Christina Hitrova discuss the focus on ‘technological solutions’ in the context of the Irish border debate — arguing that ...
      Read More Five reasons ‘technological solutions’ are a distraction from the Irish border problem

    • Helen Margetts named as one of world’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government

      14 August 2018

      Author:

      Genevieve Juillet

      Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has been named by Apolitical as one of the world’s 100 Most Influential ...
      Read More Helen Margetts named as one of world’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government

    • Firefighting AI-powered propaganda

      6 April 2018

      Authors:

      Lanisha Butterfield
      Vidya Narayanan

      Dr Vidya Narayanan, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and post-doctoral researcher on the Computational Propaganda Research Project, discusses her work understanding the effects of technology and social ...
      Read More Firefighting AI-powered propaganda

    • The myth of the echo chamber

      9 March 2018

      Authors:

      Grant Blank
      Elizabeth Dubois (University of Ottawa)

      There are widespread fears that so-called echo chambers and filter bubbles are leading to political polarization that poses a danger to democracy. But are the fears unfounded? (Melvin Sokolsky/1963 ...
      Read More The myth of the echo chamber

    • Awarded Political Studies Association book prize

      8 December 2017

      Author:

      Scott A. Hale

      Professor Helen Margetts, Professor Peter John, Dr Scott Hale, and Dr Taha Yasseri have won the W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize at the Political Studies Association (PSA)’s Annual ...
      Read More Awarded Political Studies Association book prize

    • European Commission Multi-stakeholder Conference on Fake News

      18 November 2017

      Author:

      Philip Howard

      Lisa-Maria Neudert represented the project on a panel at the European Commission’s recent Multi-stakeholder Conference on Fake News, part of a large-scale consultation process on fake news currently being organized by ...
      Read More European Commission Multi-stakeholder Conference on Fake News

    • ComProp Awarded 2017 Democracy Award by NDI

      5 November 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      We are pleased to announce that our project has been awarded a 2017 Democracy Award by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Every year the NDI recognizes organizations that have demonstrated ...
      Read More ComProp Awarded 2017 Democracy Award by NDI

    • The Election Is Over, But Russian Disinformation Hasn’t Gone Away

      5 November 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Samantha Bradshaw spoke to PBS for a story on Russian influence in the 2016 US presidential election. Since the election, there has been a shift away from completely automated, ...
      Read More The Election Is Over, But Russian Disinformation Hasn’t Gone Away

    • Moscow Reacts To US-Russia Probe Arrests

      5 November 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Lisa-Maria Neudert spoke to the BBC for a radio episode discussing Russian involvement in the 2016 US election. The Kremlin says the investigation into last year’s US presidential election ...
      Read More Moscow Reacts To US-Russia Probe Arrests

    • Putin’s Pro-Trump Trolls Just Targeted Hillary Clinton and Robert Mueller

      5 November 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Samantha Bradshaw and Lisa-Maria Neudert spoke to a Mother Jones for a story which drew on the project’s work on polarizing information in swing states. “You can launch a ...
      Read More Putin’s Pro-Trump Trolls Just Targeted Hillary Clinton and Robert Mueller

    • What to watch for when America’s tech giants testify on Russian hacking today

      5 November 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Sam Woolley and Doug Guilbeault wrote an article for Quartz which provides a breakdown of the recent testimony provided to congressional intelligence committees by Facebook, Twitter, and Google to ...
      Read More What to watch for when America’s tech giants testify on Russian hacking today

    • Twitter has a serious bot problem, and Wikipedia might have the solution

      24 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Project researcher Robert Gorwa wrote a new commentary essay for Quartz on Twitter’s bot policy. Several research projects, including the Computational Propaganda Project at the Oxford Internet Institute (where I am ...
      Read More Twitter has a serious bot problem, and Wikipedia might have the solution

    • Russian propaganda engaged U.S. vets, troops on Twitter and Facebook, study finds

      11 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s research on social media operations targeted against veterans was covered by McClatchy. The Oxford study categorized 12,413 Twitter users and 11,103 Facebook users whose social media messages ...
      Read More Russian propaganda engaged U.S. vets, troops on Twitter and Facebook, study finds

    • Russian operatives used Twitter and Facebook to target veterans and military personnel, study says

      11 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s latest memo on junk news and social media operations against veterans was covered in the Washington Post. They researchers also tracked information on several military-themed websites and ...
      Read More Russian operatives used Twitter and Facebook to target veterans and military personnel, study says

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