Mobile search button
Oxford Internet Institute logo
  • Research
      • Research Overview
      • Research Areas
        • Digital Economies
        • Digital Knowledge and Culture
        • Digital Politics and Government
        • Education, Digital Life and Wellbeing
        • Ethics and Philosophy of Information
        • Information Geography and Inequality
        • Information Governance and Security
      • Projects
      • Programmes
        • Democracy and Technology
        • Governance of Emerging Technologies
      • Publications
        • Books
      • Policy
  • Study
      • Study Overview
      • Our Programmes
        • MSc in Social Data Science
        • MSc in Social Science of the Internet
        • DPhil in Social Data Science
        • DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences
      • Other Programmes
        • Recognised Student Programme
      • Open Days
      • Alumni Stories
      • International Students
      • Comprop Summer School
      • Summer Doctoral Programme
        • SDP Tutors
        • SDP Social Media Hub
        • SDP Alumni Gallery
  • People
      • OII People
        • Faculty
        • Research Staff
        • Research Associates
        • Administration
        • Visitors
        • Doctoral Students
        • Masters Students
        • Alumni
        • Advisory board
        • Senior Fellows
      • Vacancies
  • Events
      • Upcoming Events
      • Past Events
      • Seminar Series
      • Videos
  • About
      • About the OII
      • News
        • Press Coverage
        • Press Releases
        • Blog
      • Engage with us
        • Internet Leadership Academy
        • Visiting Policy Fellowship Programme
        • Alumni
      • Our History
      • Our Founding Donor
      • Giving to the OII
        • The Shirley Scholars Fund
      • Transparency
      • Find us
      • Follow us
      • Vacancies
      • Library
Oxford Internet Institute logo
Skip down to main content
Homepage icon
  • Research
      • Research Overview
      • Research Areas
        • Digital Economies
        • Digital Knowledge and Culture
        • Digital Politics and Government
        • Education, Digital Life and Wellbeing
        • Ethics and Philosophy of Information
        • Information Geography and Inequality
        • Information Governance and Security
      • Projects
      • Programmes
        • Democracy and Technology
        • Governance of Emerging Technologies
      • Publications
        • Books
      • Policy
  • Study
      • Study Overview
      • Our Programmes
        • MSc in Social Data Science
        • MSc in Social Science of the Internet
        • DPhil in Social Data Science
        • DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences
      • Other Programmes
        • Recognised Student Programme
      • Open Days
      • Alumni Stories
      • International Students
      • Comprop Summer School
      • Summer Doctoral Programme
        • SDP Tutors
        • SDP Social Media Hub
        • SDP Alumni Gallery
  • People
      • OII People
        • Faculty
        • Research Staff
        • Research Associates
        • Administration
        • Visitors
        • Doctoral Students
        • Masters Students
        • Alumni
        • Advisory board
        • Senior Fellows
      • Vacancies
  • Events
      • Upcoming Events
      • Past Events
      • Seminar Series
      • Videos
  • About
      • About the OII
      • News
        • Press Coverage
        • Press Releases
        • Blog
      • Engage with us
        • Internet Leadership Academy
        • Visiting Policy Fellowship Programme
        • Alumni
      • Our History
      • Our Founding Donor
      • Giving to the OII
        • The Shirley Scholars Fund
      • Transparency
      • Find us
      • Follow us
      • Vacancies
      • Library
  • Home >
  • Tag: Phil Howard

    • Misinformation and the Coronavirus Resistance

      24 April 2020

      Author:

      Philip Howard

      Multiplying threat, and the inspiring resistance Would you believe that the Coronavirus was created by a cruel government to weaken its foreign rivals? Or that it was created by ...
      Read More Misinformation and the Coronavirus Resistance

    • Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US 2016 election

      15 April 2018

      Author:

      Sara Spinks

      A new article by Phil Howard, Sam Woolley, and Ryan Calo was published in the Journal of Information Technology and Politics. Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US ...
      Read More Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US 2016 election

    • Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US

      6 February 2018

      Author:


      What kinds of social media users read junk news? We examine the distribution of the most significant sources of junk news in the three months before President Donald Trump’s ...
      Read More Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US

    • Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data: Moving Toward a More Critical Research Agenda

      14 December 2017

      Author:

      Gillian Bolsover

      Computational propaganda has recently exploded into public consciousness. The U.S. presidential campaign of 2016 was marred by evidence, which continues to emerge, of targeted political propaganda and the use ...
      Read More Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data: Moving Toward a More Critical Research Agenda

    • Foreign Policy: 2017 Global Thinkers

      12 December 2017

      Author:


      Phil Howard was named one of Foreign Policy’s top global thinkers of 2017, along with Alice Marwick from Data and Society/UNC! Howard heads the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford, ...
      Read More Foreign Policy: 2017 Global Thinkers

    • 10 Things you wish you didn’t know about elections (and what to do about them)

      12 December 2017

      Author:


      Project PI Phil Howard spoke at an event hosted by the University’s Social Science Division to highlight projects across the university receiving ERC funding. The talk has been made ...
      Read More 10 Things you wish you didn’t know about elections (and what to do about them)

    • 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

    • 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

    • Junk News on Military Affairs and National Security

      9 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Social media provides political news and information for both active duty military personnel and veterans. We analyze the subgroups of Twitter and Facebook users who spend time consuming junk ...
      Read More Junk News on Military Affairs and National Security

    • Facebook has so much more to tell us

      5 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Phil Howard and Bence Kollanyi wrote an opinion article for the Washington Post, discussing how Facebook could share more data about political advertising and targeting with the public. Facebook ...
      Read More Facebook has so much more to tell us

    • Social media companies must respond to the sinister reality behind fake news

      5 October 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Phil Howard and Bence Kollanyi wrote an opinion article for the Guardian, discussing the project’s latest research and how social media companies could “design for deliberation.” Social media companies such ...
      Read More Social media companies must respond to the sinister reality behind fake news

    • Social Media, News and Political Information during the US Election: Was Polarizing Content Concentrated in Swing States?

      28 September 2017

      Author:

      Philip Howard

      US voters shared large volumes of polarizing political news and information in the form of links to content from Russian, WikiLeaks and junk news sources. Was this low quality ...
      Read More Social Media, News and Political Information during the US Election: Was Polarizing Content Concentrated in Swing States?

    • Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter?

      19 September 2017

      Author:

      Philip Howard

      Automation and propaganda can significantly impact public life during important policy debates, elections, and political crises. We collected Twitter data on bot activity and junk news using a set of ...
      Read More Junk News and Bots during the German Parliamentary Election: What are German Voters Sharing over Twitter?

    • What Facebook Knows

      10 August 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s research and writing was discussed in Vice News. To answer these questions conclusively, academic researchers have said that Facebook could very easily clear the air by releasing ...
      Read More What Facebook Knows

    • Spreading fake news becomes standard practice for governments across the world

      18 July 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s research on government-sponsored social media manipulation was covered in the Washington Post. These propaganda efforts exploit every social media platform — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and beyond — ...
      Read More Spreading fake news becomes standard practice for governments across the world

    • Please Prove You’re Not a Robot

      18 July 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s research was featured in a New York Times column written by Tim Wu. Robots posing as people have become a menace. For popular Broadway shows (need we ...
      Read More Please Prove You’re Not a Robot

    • Government ‘Cyber Troops’ Manipulate Facebook, Twitter, Study Says

      18 July 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      The project’s recent paper on government efforts to manipulate public opinion online was covered by Bloomberg. Governments around the world are enlisting “cyber troops” who manipulate Facebook, Twitter and ...
      Read More Government ‘Cyber Troops’ Manipulate Facebook, Twitter, Study Says

    • How Bots Win Friends and Influence People

      12 July 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Project PI Phil Howard was interviewed for a short article in IEEE Spectrum. Every now and then sociologist Phil Howard writes messages to social media accounts accusing them of being bots. ...
      Read More How Bots Win Friends and Influence People

    • Phil Howard on Danish Television

      11 July 2017

      Author:

      ComProp

      Project PI Phil Howard appeared on DR, the Danish TV station, to discuss some of the project’s latest research. The full episode is available here [interview begins in the ...
      Read More Phil Howard on Danish Television

    1 2 3 … 5 Next
    Oxford Internet Institute
    1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK

    +44 (0)1865 287210

    General: enquiries@oii.ox.ac.uk
    Press: press@oii.ox.ac.uk

    FOLLOW US:

    Facebook link
    Twitter link
    YouTube link
    LinkedIn link
    Instagram link

    INFORMATION FOR:

    • Prospective students
    • Alumni
    • Job seekers
    • Media
    • Policy makers
    • Terms of Use
    • Copyright Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Statement
    • Accessibility Statement for Oxford Internet Institute websites

    © University of Oxford for the Oxford Internet Institute 2016. This work may be copied freely for non-commercial research and study. If you wish to do any of the other acts restricted by the copyright you should apply in writing to the Director of the Institute at 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, England. Please see our Copyright Policy for further information.