Videos

The Effect of the Typicality of Lyrics on Song Popularity

With Prof Danilo C. Dantas

Prof Dantas investigates the relationship between song popularity and the typicality of their lyrics in relation to a given canon

The Flexibility Paradox: Why flexible working leads to more work and what we should do about it

With Prof Heejung Chung

Does flexible working really provide a better work-life balance, enhance worker’s well-being and gender equality?

Structure & Function in Modern Society: On the Power of Social Anthropology in a Big Data World

With Dr Kate Sieck

This talk invites us to return to the vision that inspired Social Anthropology, and re-consider the possibilities within theory for transforming data into useful, nuanced information.

How older audiences are erased, distorted and misunderstood in social & search, and the ethics of using AI to address representation gaps in advertising

With Stuart Bowden, and Aleksandra Grabowska

Whilst 92% of GenX are on social platforms daily they are the subject of less than 5% of platform research

Digital Divides? Divergent Effects of Broadband Internet Expansion on Adolescent Educational Outcomes

With Prof Pablo Gracia

The expansion of internet is likely to influence adolescents’ educational outcomes through various mechanisms. Yet, how internet coverage expansion impacts student educational performance remains poorly understood.

OII Halloween Lecture, Illuminating the Illuminated: Uncovering Patterns in Indecipherable Books – The Voynich Manuscript

With Dr Joss Wright

In this lecture, we will examine some of the history surrounding the Voynich, and apply statistical tools to explore some of its characterics. A hoax? Or an unfathomable repository of ancient wisdom?

Whatever works: digital ethnography as a flat methodology

With Dr John Postill

Dr Postill argues for the versatility of digital ethnography as a ‘flat methodology’ that need not elevate any one method, not even participant observation.

We need to talk about misogynoir: detecting and preventing online abuse against Black women

With Dr Julia Slupska, and Mutale Nkonde

This talk covers Glitch’s new research, “Digital Misogynoir Report: ending the dehumanising of Black women online”

GenAI Summit Oxford 2023

With Dr Fabian Stephany

Talk about the role of skills in times of AI.

Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media

With Professor Sahana Udupa

Digital Unsettling is a critical exploration of digitalization that puts contemporary “decolonizing” movements into conversation with theorizations of digital communication.

Exploring the Ethical Implications of AI and Robotics for Healthcare: A Cross-Cultural Study

With Dr Giulia De Togni

How may AI and robotic healthcare technologies shape and be shaped by different understandings of the role and the value of human care? How to preserve human dignity when care is provided by AI/robots?

INDL Conference Berlin

With Dr Fabian Stephany

The role of online labour for digital supply chains