Phil Howard
Oxford Prof & Author LATEST BOOK- : How The #iot May Set Us Free Or Lock Us Up. now into computational propaganda (catching not making)
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OII’s Wednesday Webinar Week 2 ‘Artificial Intelligence & Social Justice’ Professor Meredith Broussard
Oii.ox.ac.uk 90d 1 tweets
The Oxford Internet Institute welcomes Meredith Broussard, Associate Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University. She is a data journalist and author of “Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the...
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Phil Howard Excited tonight at . _Artificial Unintelligence_ shows follies of tech solutionism. But one of my fav pieces is still her hackathon bus piece: she called them buspreneurs (so she was doing busnography) 90d
The Dirty Secret About Hackathons
The Atlantic 90d 1 tweets
Almost nothing lasting is ever created at one.
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Phil Howard Excited tonight at . _Artificial Unintelligence_ shows follies of tech solutionism. But one of my fav pieces is still her hackathon bus piece: she called them buspreneurs (so she was doing busnography) 90d
“Anything that Causes Chaos”: The Organizational Behavior of Russia Today (RT)
OUP Academic 113d 2 tweets
Abstract. RT (formerly, Russia Today) is one of the most important organizations in the global political economy of disinformation. It is the most richly funde
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Phil Howard Our piece on the org behavior of RT shows how journalists are recruited, socialized, and controlled. We're also able to map the points of political decision making. 111d
Job: Associate Professor of Digital Technology and Public Policy
Bsg.ox.ac.uk 158d 5 tweets
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Phil Howard Join our colleagues at Pepper Culpepper as an associate professor of "digital technology and public policy"!! closing Sept 14. 154d
Philip N Howard: ‘Social media need a radical rebuild’
the Guardian 157d 1 tweets
If we take back control of our data, we can use it for good
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Phil Howard ‘Social media need a radical rebuild’ My short thinkpiece in the weekend Guardian argues that democracy's rebuild requires putting the best data about public life and shared problems back into our libraries. 157d
SSI: Social Science Innovations: Introduction - Capacities and Constraints
prezi.com 161d 1 tweets
Phil Howard Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford @pnhoward Introduction Social Science Innovations in Times of Covid-19 Covid-19 threatens lives. It causes new social problems and exacerbates old ones. Moreover, it interferes...
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Phil Howard When pandemic disrupted , I developed methods primers for + OII students who wanted to do qualitative + comparative work--despite social isolation & travel restrictions. Social Science Innovations #socsciprimers 161d
Covid-19 misinformation websites benefit from Google and Amazon ad networks, study says.
Niraj Chokshi - Nytimes.com 168d 1 tweets
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Phil Howard With savvy analysis we demonstrate (1) junk covid news sites game search (2) links from legit organizations bolster credibility (3) Google + Amazon profit and support junk health sites by serving up ad revenue 168d
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Tech Response to COVID-19. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Zoom Video 189d 3 tweets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the products and services offered by tech companies have kept many of us entertained, connected with friends and families, and ensured we could still get our favourite foods at home. However, in many nations...
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Phil Howard Has tech been force for good during #COVID19 or do #ContactTracing apps & health misinfo undermine industry best efforts? Join 'The Tech Response to Covid-19' 187d
‘Lie Machines’ Online Book Launch
Oii.ox.ac.uk 247d 1 tweets
Professor Philip Howard presents his new book 'Lie Machines', which offers new insights into the world's most damaging disinformation campaigns.
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Phil Howard Very excited about first virtual booktalk for #liemachines in a few days. Wednesday 20 May 2020, 18:00 - 19:00 BST On home turf! In the sense of from home, for and from Oxford University itself. Join us! 247d
How social media threatens our democracy with Philip Howard
M.facebook.com 251d 1 tweets
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Phil Howard really looking forward to talking to meeting with Oxford PPE club tonight to talk #LieMachines, covid misinfo, and of course PPE! event link is: 251d
Coronavirus News and Information on YouTube: A Content Analysis of Popular Search Terms
The Computational Propaganda Project 276d 1 tweets
Social media is reshaping how people access information about the coronavirus crisis. The online video-sharing website YouTube has emerged as a major purveyor of health and wellbeing information. In this memo, we examine the nature and structural...
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Phil Howard In first big #covid YouTube search study, we find (1) mostly professional news orgs (2) rarely public health agencies (3) politicized health info gets most interaction [er...expected] 276d
Types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 286d 6 tweets
This factsheet looks into the types of misinformation surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, and the motivations behind those spreading them.
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Phil Howard Proud of cross team survey of #covid info + misinfo consumption: For me the punchline is that almost a quarter of respondents across 6 countries think covid was made in lab. 279d
Influencers among 'key distributors' of coronavirus misinformation
the Guardian 286d 13 tweets
Study suggests mainstream news outlets struggling to compete with celebrities’ and politicians’ reach
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Phil Howard Influencers among 'key distributors' of coronavirus misinformation. Great collaboration #LieMachine 285d
Junk News & Information Sharing During the 2019 UK General Election
The Computational Propaganda Project 406d 2 tweets
Today, an estimated 75% of the British public access information about politics and public life online, and 40% do so via social media. With this context in mind, we investigate information sharing patterns over social media in the lead-up to the...
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Phil Howard Latest UK #GE2019: 1-Labour dominated Twitter until debate night 2-Twitter #junknews lower than #GE2017 or #Brexit 3-#misinfo targets are professional journalists & news outlets (no access to #facebook #instagram) 406d
Junk News during the EU Parliamentary Elections
The Computational Propaganda Project 608d 1 tweets
Access to accurate information about politics and electoral processes is critical to the health of democratic systems. With this in mind, this data memo examines the quality and quantity of political news and information that social media users were...
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Phil Howard Junk news is a problem. But in Europe, most people most of the time don't share it. Results of most comprehensive study of junk news and social media--7 languages, multiplatform, text & visual content: #EUelections2019 608d
New commission to address technological threats to democracy
Oii.ox.ac.uk 633d 1 tweets
The OII has launched a new commission to find ways to safeguard democracy from the potentially disruptive infl...
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Phil Howard Time to set rules of fair play for social media in elections. will lead by identifying actionable recommendations for the UK-before our next big vote. New commission to address technological threats to democracy #OxTEC 633d
A Way to Detect the Next Russian Misinformation Campaign
Nytimes.com 664d 4 tweets
Require technology companies to put all of their ads in a publicly accessible archive.
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Phil Howard A billion people in India and across Europe are voting in the next few months. US Presidential campaigning already started. It's time to put all social media ads, all countries, all the time, into public archives. My piece 664d
OII London Lecture – Tomorrow’s Leviathan: Intelligent Machines in a Political World
Oii.ox.ac.uk 694d 2 tweets
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to present the Director of the OII, Professor Philip Howard for the l...
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Phil Howard Getting excited about my talk March 5 in London! Can't stop staring at the most iconic cover art in all political theory. Tomorrow’s Leviathan: Intelligent Machines in a Political World A few seats left! 694d
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Phil Howard summer institute on computational social science with and #SICSS2019_Istanbul - deadline Feb.20. Good time to start prepping if you haven't started already. Application info here: … 717d
Professor Helen Margetts awarded an OBE
Oii.ox.ac.uk 741d 2 tweets
Professor Helen Margetts has been awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year's Honours List for services to social an...
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Phil Howard wonderful news, our colleague now OBE! Well earned, well deserved. 741d