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Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
27 February 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
Just over a week ago, Donald Trump gathered members of the world’s press before him and told them they were liars. “The press, honestly, is out of control,” he ... Read More Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
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Trump, Putin and the New Cold War
27 February 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
On April 12, 1982, Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the K.G.B., ordered foreign-intelligence operatives to carry out “active measures”—aktivniye meropriyatiya—against the reëlection campaign of President Ronald Reagan. Unlike classic ... Read More Trump, Putin and the New Cold War
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
27 January 2017
Authors: David Sutcliffe
This is the second post in a series that will uncover great writing by faculty and students at the Oxford Internet Institute, things you should probably know, and ... Read More Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
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Social Media, Civic Engagement, and the Slactivism Hypothesis: Lessons from Mexico’s “El Bronco
14 January 2017
Authors: Philip Howard
Does social media use have a positive or negative impact on civic engagement? The cynical “slacktivism hypothesis” holds that if citizens use social media for political conversation, those conversations ... Read More Social Media, Civic Engagement, and the Slactivism Hypothesis: Lessons from Mexico’s “El Bronco
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Pizza, politics and pure fiction: the rise of fake news
7 January 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
On Sunday 4th December last year, 28 year old father of two Edgar Welch woke early, told his family he had some chores to do, packed an assault rifle ... Read More Pizza, politics and pure fiction: the rise of fake news
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Reuters: Facebook and Twitter’s real sin goes beyond spreading fake news
3 January 2017
Authors: Philip Howard
(This originally appeared as Facebook and Twitter’s real sin goes beyond spreading fake news.) Social media companies are taking heat for influencing the outcomes of the U.S. presidential election ... Read More Reuters: Facebook and Twitter’s real sin goes beyond spreading fake news
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Let’s make platform capitalism more accountable
20 December 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
What do Google, Uber, and Facebook have in common? You might think that the answer is that they are all technology companies. But actually it is that they all ... Read More Let’s make platform capitalism more accountable
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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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Social Media’s Increasing Role In The 2016 Presidential Election
10 November 2016
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Social media, by this point, is not new. But in this election season, it’s played a bigger role in our politics than ever before. NPR’s Sam ... Read More Social Media’s Increasing Role In The 2016 Presidential Election
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Judith on Facebook, working with data, and asking questions that go beyond the bottom line
8 November 2016
Authors: Karen Mead
Judith Dada was a member of our 2015-16 MSc group. She’s currently working at Facebook as a Client Solutions Manager in the Global Marketing Solutions team, responsible for consulting a range ... Read More Judith on Facebook, working with data, and asking questions that go beyond the bottom line
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Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
11 January 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
Who could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims Facebook’s ... Read More Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
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Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
11 January 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
Who could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims Facebook’s ... Read More Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price
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More than 26 million people have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag. Here’s why that matters.
2 July 2015
Authors: Sam Woolley
In the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage a right nationwide, a whopping 26 million people slapped a rainbow flag over their Facebook photos ... Read More More than 26 million people have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag. Here’s why that matters.
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Creating transnational political links with euandi and Facebook
30 April 2014
Authors: Jonathan Bright
CAPTION Just wanted to put up a quick plug for the euandi voting advice application [VAA] which has recently been launched by the European University Institute. I was one of the 100 ... Read More Creating transnational political links with euandi and Facebook
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Why social data isn’t always a reliable indicator
19 February 2014
Authors: Josh Cowls
“What social data can tell you: pretty much everything” proclaimed Azeem Azhar, founder of PeerIndex, in a popular post on… Read more Why social data isn’t always a reliable indicator ... Read More Why social data isn’t always a reliable indicator
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“Twitter says…” – Can big social data tell us about public opinion?
28 January 2014
Authors: Josh Cowls
“Like Noah’s ark, (there was) every kind of creature in every walk of life. They included a town wit, a grave… Read more “Twitter says…” – Can big social data ... Read More “Twitter says…” – Can big social data tell us about public opinion?
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Breaking news in a connected world
30 June 2013
Authors: Taha Yasseri
The bitterness of the tragedy is the same, what has changed is the way that information spreads. I heard about the Boston Marathon Bombing, first when I was preparing to go ... Read More Breaking news in a connected world
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Your Voice–Your Vote?
7 June 2012
Authors: Manuel Schaeffer
Facebook is updating its privacy policy and its users can vote which policy version they actually want to have. Considering the torrent of criticism about Facebook’s general approach to privacy, that ... Read More Your Voice–Your Vote?
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Network Effects–We Missed the Inframarginals
2 May 2012
Authors: Yonatan Moskowitz
When discussing the internet, the economic concept that seems to have made the largest dispersion into popular discourse is the concept of ‘network effects’. “Facebook is unconquerable because of ... Read More Network Effects–We Missed the Inframarginals
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Losing a Grip on Your Facebook Account? You’re Not the Only One
30 April 2012
Authors: Neil Basu
Having a Facebook page is becoming more and more of a liability. Surely we’ve heard it all before, though. Journalists, authors, bloggers, and even occasionally incredulous Masters’ students love ... Read More Losing a Grip on Your Facebook Account? You’re Not the Only One
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