Videos

Making Cringe Content: The Performativity of Algorithms in Creative Labor

With Prof Ashley Mears

Watch Ashley Mears as she explores how content creators aiming to go viral by following algorithms are creating cringe content.

Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies

With Prof Elizabeth J. Altman

Prof. Altman provides an overview of her book: Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies.

Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy

With Dr Sarrah Kassem

Watch Dr. Sarrah Kassem as she talks about her upcoming book that examines two Amazon platforms that differ in how they organize workers.

Guest talk from the UK Information Commissioner

With John Edwards

A lecture delivered by John Edwards, the UK Information Commissioner, hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute.

The Influence of the Internet and Tech on Global Press Freedom

With Mia Speier, Flora Schulte Nordholt, Tom Keunen, Lidewij van Vliet, and Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach

A conversation with NGO Free Press Unlimited on how the digital age and new technologies impact global freedom of the press.

Defining social data science as the science of social measurement

With Dr Bernie Hogan

This talk introduces Hogan's book From Social Science to Data Science.

Online Abuse and How to Fight Back

With Nina Jankowicz

Jankowicz demonstrates how malign actors use gendered and sexualised disinformation to silence women and people of marginalised identities and provide tips for holding one's digital ground and fighting back against online harassment.

Internet Freedom: information communication, accessibility and archiving

A discussion on censorship-resistance, web archiving and ensuring secure and easy access to information and people on the Internet.

AI-Powered Fake News 2.0

With Dr Dongwon Lee

Dr Dongwon Lee explores the surge in AI research and novel AI applications and how these technologies can support the spread of misinformation.

(De)coding AI: Examining the impact of the lifecycle of algorithms

With Dr Ana Valdivia

This workshop will explore the interactions and controversies of algorithms beyond the code.

Online Safety Bill

With Professor Andrew Przybylski

Clive Myrie interviews Professor Andrew Przybylski on changes to the controversial Online Safety Bill. Professor Przybylski commented on the gravity of the issue: "We are talking about mental health and well-being of young people."

Countering misinformation in partnership with diaspora communities by Dr Scott Hale

With Dr Scott A. Hale

Countering misinformation in partnership with diaspora communities by Dr Scott Hale