What are the barriers to big data analytics in local government?
Examining the extent to which local governments in the UK are using intelligence from big data, in light of the structural barriers they face when trying to exploit it …
How ready is Africa to join the knowledge economy?
Increasing connectivity has sparked many hopes for the democratisation of knowledge production in sub-Saharan Africa …
What explains variation in online political engagement?
Examining the supply of channels for digital politics distributed by Swedish municipalities and understanding the drivers of variation in local online engagement …
Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
In reality, social media can have both positive and negative outcomes …
Stormzy 1: The Sun 0—Three Reasons Why #GE2017 Was the Real Social Media Election
It could be the first election where the right wing tabloids finally ceded their influence to new media …
Latest Report by UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Freedom of Expression is a Landmark Document
What is the responsibility of the private industry, which runs and owns much of the Internet, towards human rights? …
Our knowledge of how automated agents interact is rather poor (and that could be a problem)
We might expect bot interactions to be relatively predictable and uneventful …
Could Voting Advice Applications force politicians to keep their manifesto promises?
A number of studies have shown that VAA use has an impact on the cognitive behaviour of users, on their likelihood to participate in elections, and on the choice of the party they vote for …
Social media and the battle for perceptions of the U.S.–Mexico border
The U.S.–Mexico border is a complex region encompassing both positives and negatives — but understanding these narratives could have a real-world impact on policy along the border …
