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Ethics in Networked Systems Research: ACM SigComm Workshop Report
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in EthicsExperimentation and research on the Internet require ethical scrutiny in order to give useful feedback…
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Using Wikipedia as PR is a problem, but our lack of a critical eye is worse
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That Wikipedia is used for less-than scrupulously neutral purposes shouldn’t surprise us – our lack…
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Crowdsourcing for public policy and government
The growing interest in crowdsourcing for government and public policy must be understood in the…
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Current alternatives won’t light up Britain’s broadband blackspots
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Satellites, microwaves, radio towers – how many more options must be tried before the government…
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Should we love Uber and Airbnb or protest against them?
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in EconomicsSome theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection.…
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Uber and Airbnb make the rules now — but to whose benefit?
Outlining a more nuanced theory of institutional change that suggests that platforms’ effects on society…
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Why are citizens migrating to Uber and Airbnb, and what should governments do about it?
What if we dug into existing social science theory to see what it has to…
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How big data is breathing new life into the smart cities concept
If all the cars have GPS devices, all the people have mobile phones, and all…
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Iris scanners can now identify us from 40 feet away
Public anxiety and legal protections currently pose a major challenge to anyone wanting to introduce…
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Digital Disconnect: Parties, Pollsters and Political Analysis in #GE2015
The Oxford Internet Institute undertook some live analysis of social media data over the night…
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Political polarisation on social media: do birds of a feather flock together on Twitter?
Twitter’s connections tend to be less about strong social relationships and more about connecting with…
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Tracing our every move: Big data and multi-method research
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There is a lot of excitement about ‘big data’, but the potential for innovative work…