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Pirates, Fashionistas and Dragon Queens unite to push UK youth to #RegisterToVote
21 May 2017
Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski
Instagram becomes key battleground for young voters in UK General Election 2017 As the 2017 General Election draws nearer, political parties are trying to utilise all the tools available to ... Read More Pirates, Fashionistas and Dragon Queens unite to push UK youth to #RegisterToVote
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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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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: The US Election
20 January 2017
Authors: David Sutcliffe
This is the first 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: The US Election
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Fake News Bots
10 January 2017
Authors: Gillian Bolsover
Automated social media accounts known as ‘bots’ may be used to distort political perception online. We speak with research director Samuel Woolley of the Oxford Internet Institute’s Computational Propaganda ... Read More Fake News Bots
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Of course social media is transforming politics. But it’s not to blame for Brexit and Trump
9 January 2017
Authors: Helen Margetts
After Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, 2016 will be remembered as the year of cataclysmic democratic events on both sides of the Atlantic. Social media has been ... Read More Of course social media is transforming politics. But it’s not to blame for Brexit and Trump
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Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
7 December 2016
Authors: 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?
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Don’t Panic over Fake News
20 November 2016
Authors: Bill Dutton
Fake News is a Wonderful Headline but Not a Reason to Panic I feel guilty for not jumping on the ‘fake news’ bandwagon. It is one of the new ... Read More Don’t Panic over Fake News
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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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Don’t Shoot the Messenger! What part did social media play in 2016 US election?
15 November 2016
Authors: Helen Margetts
Young activists gather at Lafayette Park in protest at the presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump. By Stephen Melkisethian (Flickr). Commentators have been quick to ‘blame ... Read More Don’t Shoot the Messenger! What part did social media play in 2016 US election?
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IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
25 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
The Internet certainly disrupted our understanding of what communication can be, who does it, how, and to what effect. What constitutes the Internet has always been an evolving suite ... Read More IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
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Where Do Bots Come From? An Analysis of Bot Codes Shared on GitHub
15 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
An increasing amount of open source code is available on the Internet for quickly setting up and deploying bots on Twitter. This development of open-source Twitter bots signals the ... Read More Where Do Bots Come From? An Analysis of Bot Codes Shared on GitHub
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IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
14 October 2016
Authors: Philip Howard
The Internet certainly disrupted our understanding of what communication can be, who does it, how, and to what effect. What constitutes the Internet has always been an evolving suite ... Read More IJOC: Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction
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Social Media Voices in the UK’s EU Referendum
18 September 2016
Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski
#Brexit or #Bremain: What does the Internet say about the future of the UK and the European Union? THE GIST: The EU referendum on 23 June 2016 will decide whether ... Read More Social Media Voices in the UK’s EU Referendum
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Rethinking Digital Media and Political Change
23 August 2016
Authors: Ralf Schroeder
Did Twitter lead to Donald Trump’s rise and success to date in the American campaign for the presidency? Image: Gage Skidmore (Flickr) What are the dangers or new opportunities ... Read More Rethinking Digital Media and Political Change
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Brexit, voting, and political turbulence
18 August 2016
Authors: Helen Margetts
Cross-posted from the Princeton University Press blog. The authors of Political Turbulence discuss how the explosive rise, non-normal distribution and lack of organization that characterizes contemporary politics as a chaotic system, can ... Read More Brexit, voting, and political turbulence
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Are Internet Populists Ruining Democracy for the Rest of Us?
7 August 2016
Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski
Mad as hell and tagging you in the comments. Pressure from online comments can cause our democratically elected leaders to act in the strangest ways THE GIST: The Internet ... Read More Are Internet Populists Ruining Democracy for the Rest of Us?
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How #CatsAgainstBrexit Could’ve Saved the EU
5 August 2016
Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski
Analysing the Internet’s response to the EU referendum debate THE GIST: #CatsAgainstBrexit has taken the Internet by storm just a few days before the EU referendum. How did the ... Read More How #CatsAgainstBrexit Could’ve Saved the EU
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The Social News Gap: New article in Journal of Communication
1 July 2016
Authors: Jonathan Bright
I have a new article out in the Journal of Communication which analyses which types of news get shared the most. Based on articles published in BBC news, the ... Read More The Social News Gap: New article in Journal of Communication
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#Nofilter debate: Brexit campaigners still dominate on Instagram
20 June 2016
Authors: Vyacheslav Polonski
How the EU referendum debate is playing out on social media THE GIST: The EU referendum debate between the Remain and Leave camps is in full swing and all social ... Read More #Nofilter debate: Brexit campaigners still dominate on Instagram
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New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research
17 May 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
This chapter outlines how one might utilize the massive amounts of web-based, geographically-referenced digital social data for geographical research. Because much of these data are user-generated and produced through ... Read More New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research
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