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    • 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

    • Doctoral research opportunity in Gender and AI Applications Open!

      5 February 2020

      Author:

      Sara Spinks

      ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) collaborative doctoral studentship with the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society. The Oxford Internet Institute is awarding a collaborative doctoral studentship ...
      Read More Doctoral research opportunity in Gender and AI Applications Open!

    • 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?

    • How can sociological research into young people’s digital lives help shape policy?

      26 November 2018

      Author:

      Huw Davies

      Yesterday, for the British Sociological Association’s Presidential Event, in the famous Churchill Room in Whitehall, I had the pleasure of addressing an audience of colleagues who have invested in ...
      Read More How can sociological research into young people’s digital lives help shape policy?

    • Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document

      15 June 2017

      Author:

      Corinne Cattekwaad

      The Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Image: United Nations Photo (Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). “The digital access industry is in the business of digital expression (…). Since privately ...
      Read More Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document

    • Our knowledge of how automated agents interact is rather poor (and that could be a problem)

      14 June 2017

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

        Wikipedia uses editing bots to clean articles: but what happens when their interactions go bad? Image of “Nomade”, a sculpture in downtown Des Moines by Jason Mrachina (Flickr ...
      Read More Our knowledge of how automated agents interact is rather poor (and that could be a problem)

    • Could universal basic income counter the gig economy’s problems?

      13 April 2017

      Author:

      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?

    • Did you consider Twitter’s (lack of) representativeness before doing that predictive study?

      10 April 2017

      Author:

      Grant Blank

      Twitter data have many qualities that appeal to researchers, but are probably not suitable for research where representativeness is important. Image: Bernard Goldbach (Flickr). Twitter data have many qualities ...
      Read More Did you consider Twitter’s (lack of) representativeness before doing that predictive study?

    • Exploring the world of self-tracking: who wants our data and why?

      7 April 2017

      Author:

      Gina Neff

      Benjamin Franklin used to keep charts of his time spent and virtues lived up to. Today, we use technology to self-track: our hours slept, steps taken, calories consumed, medications ...
      Read More Exploring the world of self-tracking: who wants our data and why?

    • Exploring the world of digital detoxing

      2 March 2017

      Authors:

      David Sutcliffe
      Theodora Sutton

      The new (old) inbox. Camp Grounded tries to build up attendees’ confidence to be silly and playful, with their identities less tied to their work persona — in a ...
      Read More Exploring the world of digital detoxing

    • Estimating the Local Geographies of Digital Inequality in Britain: London and the South East Show Highest Internet Use — But Why?

      1 March 2017

      Author:

      David Sutcliffe

      Small area estimation techniques allow us to estimate Internet use in small geographies in Britain: the first attempt to estimate Internet use at any small-scale level. Read the full ...
      Read More Estimating the Local Geographies of Digital Inequality in Britain: London and the South East Show Highest Internet Use — But Why?

    • Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Fake News and Filter Bubbles

      27 January 2017

      Author:

      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

    • Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?

      7 December 2016

      Author:

      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?

    • Edit wars! Examining networks of negative social interaction

      4 November 2016

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      Network of all reverts done in the English language Wikipedia within one day (January 15, 2010). Read the full article for details. While network science has significantly advanced our ...
      Read More Edit wars! Examining networks of negative social interaction

    • Video: Vili Lehdonvirta introduces the Online Labour Index

      20 September 2016

      Author:

      Vili Lehdonvirta

      In this video, Prof Vili Lehdonvirta talks about the digital transformation of labour markets and introduces the Online Labour Index, the first economic indicator that provides an online gig ...
      Read More Video: Vili Lehdonvirta introduces the Online Labour Index

    • Sexism Typology: Literature Review

      31 May 2016

      Author:

      Sophie Melville

      The Everyday Sexism Project catalogues instances of sexism experienced by women on a day to day basis. We will be using computational techniques to extract the most commonly occurring sexism-related topics. As ...
      Read More Sexism Typology: Literature Review

    • Alan Turing Institute and OII: Summit on Data Science for Government and Policy Making

      31 May 2016

      Author:

      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

    • P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.

      7 March 2016

      Author:

      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.

    • Facts and figures or prayers and hugs: how people with different health conditions support each other online

      7 March 2016

      Author:

      Ulrike Rauer

      Online support groups are being used increasingly by individuals who suffer from a wide range of medical conditions. OII DPhil Student Ulrike Deetjen‘s recent article with John Powell, Informational and emotional elements in online support ...
      Read More Facts and figures or prayers and hugs: how people with different health conditions support each other online

    • Topic modelling content from the “Everyday Sexism” project: what’s it all about?

      3 March 2016

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      We recently announced the start of an exciting new research project that will involve the use of topic modelling in understanding the patterns in submitted stories to the Everyday Sexism website. Here, we briefly explain ...
      Read More Topic modelling content from the “Everyday Sexism” project: what’s it all about?

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