Videos
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Video game play is positively correlated with well-being
Date: 20 January 2021
Duration: 00:59:53
Speakers: Professor Andrew Przybylski, Dr Niklas JohannesThe OII hosts their Director of Research, Professor Andrew Przybylski, and Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Niklas Johannes. Discussing their recent ground-breaking study which revealed time spent playing video games can be good for your wellbeing.
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Destroy the Internet Advertising Economy with this One Weird Trick
Date: 2 December 2020
Duration: 00:58:37
Speakers: Dr Scott A. Hale, Tim HwangThe OII welcomes Tim Hwang, discussing his new book ‘Subprime Attention Crisis’ with Dr Scott A. Hale, This session is a deep-dive conversation exploring how the modern online advertising economy really works.
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How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health
Date: 25 November 2020
Duration: 00:54:44
Speakers: Dr Jonathan Bright, Professor Sinan AralProfessor Sinan Aral, hosted by Dr Jonathan Bright, shares an overview of his new book 'The Hype Machine'.
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‘There’s an app for that: Tech governance during COVID-19’
Date: 18 November 2020
Duration: 00:58:07
Speakers: Dr Seda Gürses, Dr Michael Veale , Dr Aaron Martin, Nikita AggarwalFollowing the publication of Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives, the Oxford Internet Institute is hosts a discussion among leading experts to reflect on the enduring lessons for technological governance following from the pandemic.
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OxDEG: Music Videos and Prosthetic Memories in Pakistan’s Coke Studio
Date: 16 November 2020
Duration: 00:00:00
Speakers: Dr Richard Williams, Rafay MahmoodThe OII is delighted to present Dr Richard Williams (SOAS University of London) and Rafay Mahmood (Habib University), for the next Digital Ethnography session, discussing The Coke Studio in Pakistan, and it's effects on the arts in the country's narrative
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Understanding Digital Racism After COVID-19
Date: 11 November 2020
Duration: 00:59:54
Speakers: Professor Philip Howard, Professor Lisa NakamuraThis OII Wednesday Webinar features Professor Lisa Nakamura discussing her latest project, as well as an in depth Q&A with Professor Philip Howard.
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Are We Really Living in an Infodemic? Deconstructing a Buzzword
Date: 4 November 2020
Duration: 00:58:56
Speakers: Chico Camargo, Felix Simon,This webinar describes the main consequences of the uncritical adoption of the term ‘infodemic’ in the development of rigorous science on the topic, and further argues how the uncritical adoption of it in policymaking can do more harm than good.
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OxDEG: Do we need a canonised digital social research?
Date: 2 November 2020
Duration: 01:28:40
Speaker: Giuseppe Alessandro VeltriThe OII welcomes Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri for this digital ethnography session. He is Professor of Research Methodology and Cognitive Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento.
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Data, Governance and Geopolitics
Date: 28 October 2020
Duration: 00:59:13
Speakers: Professor Philip Howard, Pari Esfandiari, Greg TrevertonThe Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Pari Esfandiari and Greg Treverton Co-Founders, and respectively President and Chairperson of the Global TechnoPolitics Forum. Hosted by Professor Philip Howard, Director of the OII.
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Equal Voices Building an Equal Society – Digital Protest and Revolution in Belarus
Date: 1 September 2020
Duration: 00:22:11
Speakers: Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka, Professor Athina KaratzogianniAthina Karatzogianni, editor of the book series Digital Activism and Society, talks to researcher Aliaksandr Herasimenka about the role played by ICT in the 2020 protests again President Alexander Lukashenko.
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The Fairwork Foundation: Strategies for Improving Platform Work
Date: 22 July 2020
Duration: 01:01:39
Speakers: Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda, Srujana KattaIn this webinar, Funda Ustek-Spilda and Srujana Katta talk about the Fairwork Project, an action-research project at the Oxford Internet Institute.
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The Tech Response to COVID-19
Date: 20 July 2020
Duration: 01:04:09
Speakers: Professor Philip Howard, Ravi Naik, Carly Kind, Ana GrouvermanWe host a conversation to explore the tech companies and industry response to COVID-19.
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Digital Insight and Business Intelligence in Local Gov 2020
Date: 9 July 2020
Duration: 00:55:28
Speakers: Thomas Vogl, Emeran Saigol, May-N Leow, Georgina MaratheftisFeaturing Thomas Vogl, OII DPhil student giving his expert view in this webinar showcasing how he, and others, are informing and driving change in local government. From the London Borough of Redbridge in collaboration with techUK.
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What Big Tech does to discourse, and the forgotten tech tool that can make tech less big with Cory Doctorow
Date: 1 July 2020
Duration: 01:11:07
Speakers: Ravi Naik, Cory DoctorowThe Oxford Internet Institute presents a conversation with Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. Hosted by Ravi Naik, Solicitor and co-founder the data rights agency, AWO and Visiting Policy Fellow at the OII.
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Countering the COVID-19 Misinfodemic with Text Similarity and Social Data Science
Date: 24 June 2020
Duration: 01:02:23
Speakers: Dr Scott A. Hale, Chico CamargoDr Scott A. Hale discusses how text similarity algorithms are being used to help fact-checkers locate misinformation, cluster similar misinformation, and identify existing fact-checks on platforms with end-to-end encryption. Moderated by Dr Chico Camargo.
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‘Lie Machine’s UK book launch
Date: 24 June 2020
Duration: 00:58:50
Speakers: Professor Philip Howard, Dr Vidya NarayananProfessor Philip Howard presents his new book 'Lie Machines' in this UK launch, which offers new insights into the world's most damaging disinformation campaigns. He is joined by Dr Vidya Narayanan.
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Global Fact 7: Fakes, misinformation and fact-checking
Date: 24 June 2020
Duration: 01:02:28
Speakers: Dr Scott A. Hale, Bente Kalsnes, Jessica Collier, Admire Mare, Thomas Kent, Marju Himma-KadakasIn this session, part of International fact-checking network Global Fact 7 Virtual, panelists will present ongoing research on misinformation and fact-checking from around the world.
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Alumni Challenges: Rae Dinh
Date: 19 June 2020
Duration: 00:01:16
Rae who is Director of community and Content at Unusual Ventures describes how they are helping to keep a community of founders engaged and connected during COVID -19.
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OxDEG Digital Ethnographic Methods Surgery 2
Date: 18 June 2020
Duration: 01:23:35
Lockdown has presented unexpected hurdles to students and researchers hoping to conduct ethnography this year, and many have turned to online solutions in order to reach their participants.
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Alumni Challenges: Andrew Bulovsky
Date: 17 June 2020
Duration: 00:01:22
Speaker: Andrew BulovskyAndrew talks us through the challenges he will face in his new role in international dispute resolution.