OII | Riots going viral

Published on
12 Aug 2011

Helen Margetts says that riots have taken place before and after the advent of the Internet. She discusses implications of the methods of communication used by those involved in recent riots.

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Professor Helen Margetts

Professor of Society and the Internet

Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet, a political scientist specialising in digital government and politics. She was Director of the OII from 2011-18. She is a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College.

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The Internet, Political Science and Public Policy

This research programme aims to assess where political science understanding, knowledge and theory should be re-examined and developed in light of widespread use of the Internet, and to develop methodologies to study online behaviour.