By Ralph Schroeder
This book focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump to come to power.

The media landscape has been transformed by the internet, which has both opened up new forms of access to traditional media while allowing the creation of ‘new’ medias. Are the changes the internet has brought all positive? Or does digital media risk the even more widespread proliferation of misinformation and propaganda?
Research on the internet and the media at the OII considers all aspects of these questions, from the health of the UK’s information ecosystem to the interplay between misinformation, news coverage, and the public’s understanding of science.
By Ralph Schroeder
This book focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump to come to power.
By Philip N. Howard (Editor) and Steven Jones (Editor)
Society Online: The Internet in Context examines how new media technologies have not simply diffused across society, but how they have rapidly and deeply become embedded in our organizations and institutions.
This project interrogates the impact of AI on cultural heritages and the presentation of these futures through public-facing exhibition spaces. It will interrogate the agency of AI within exhibit contexts, exploring its role in creativity.
The aim of this interactive gallery installation and accompanying workshop is to foster a dialogue with creative professionals on the role of algorithms in design. The installation considers how algorithmic bias may influence creativity in ideation.
This project will engage key stakeholders in the UK news industry in a public symposium to address urgent and pressing questions about news production in the age of AI.
8 March 2022
The theme of International Women’s Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. We're marking the day by highlighting the work of our brilliant and innovative women academics, researchers, and students, here at the OII.
3 March 2022
There has been much talk about the potential of AI, but could it really transform the creative arts?
21 February 2022
In his latest blog, OII Doctoral Candidate Josh Cowls discusses the launch of 'Truth Social', the new social media platform from former US president Donald Trump and its wider implications for platform governance.
12 January 2022
Dr Johann Laux, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute, explains more in conversation with David Sutcliffe, Senior Science Writer, Oxford Internet Institute.
Business Insider, 15 May 2022
Elon Musk wants to put Donald Trump back on Twitter. What are the implications if he does?
International Business Times, 24 April 2022
When Jak found online marketplace Etsy, it seemed like the perfect match: a tech platform for small traders to sell handmade items that promised to be a creative outlet and bring tidy profits.
The Washington Post, 19 April 2022
As governments and social media companies have moved to suppress Russia’s state media and the disinformation it spreads about the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s diplomats are stepping up to do the dirty work.