The Internet has transformed political behaviour, from voting and campaigning for policy change, to protest and even revolution. This poses a challenge to states, as political movements become more turbulent, unpredictable, and societies harder to govern.
To understand this radically transformed political world, researchers at the OII are re-examining the models and conceptual frameworks of political science and theory, and developing social data science methodologies to understand political behaviour.
By Andreas Jungherr and Ralph Schroeder
Digital technologies have changed the public arena, but there is little scholarly consensus about how they have done so. This book rethinks the workings and dysfunctions of the contemporary public arena, and considers ways to improve it.
Based on a case-study analysis of bias in the Chicago Crime Prediction Algorithm, this project explores the extent to which evidence of algorithmic bias can be used to guide policy responses to the societal disparities replicated in these tools.
This project uses machine learning techniques to model technical trends in internet shutdown behaviours, and positions these technical developments within broader censorship activities, and the associated deterioration of civil and political rights.
This project analyses Sweden's depiction online and in news media by foreign radical groups and how these depictions, in turn gains visibility in Swedish media
By Amy Ross Arguedas and Felix M. Simon
Generative AI stands to reshape journalism and society. What will these effects be Can we protect democratic values? This report presents findings from the 'Automating Democracy' project and open questions to be addressed as AI unfolds its effects.
24 June 2024
With the UK General Election to be held of 4 July, a campaign dominated by landslide polling has included little discussion of digital policy.
9 June 2024
OII researchers investigate the extent to which political micro-targeting with LLMs offers persuasive returns for political parties.
4 June 2024
With millions of EU citizens set to take to the polls this week, OII researchers consider how digital technologies intersect with the European Parliament elections.
30 May 2024
On 2 June 2024, over 96 million eligible voters will have the chance to voice their preferences, voting for a new president, 628 congressional seats and candidates for over 20,000 public service positions.
msnbc.com, 05 October 2024
The narrative that government, academia and the private sector are conspiring to censor conservatives is flat-out false.
The Hill, 10 October 2024
Social media platforms’ suspensions of accounts may not be rooted in political biases, but rather certain political groups’ tendency to share misinformation, according to a new study.
The Register, 05 October 2024
A new study — presumably peer reviewed — purports to show that Trump supporters and conservatives shared “low quality” news more often than their more enlightened counterparts and thus deserved the “politically asymmetric” sanctions.
