Oxford Internet Institute

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

6 February 2012

Authors: Yonatan Moskowitz

Facebook has been accused of shrinking the public’s “right to be let alone.” Soon they will be able to call on shareholders to demand that the government leave Facebook ... Read More Facebook’s IPO–Outsourcing the push to shrink privacy