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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
– in Social Data ScienceThere is a lot of excitement about ‘big data’, but the potential for innovative work…
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After dinner: the best time to create 1.5 million dollars of ground-breaking science
The Zooniverse is a predominant example of citizen science projects that have enjoyed particularly widespread…
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Wikipedia sockpuppetry: linking accounts to real people is pure speculation
Conservative chairman Grant Shapps is accused of sockpuppetry on Wikipedia, but this former Wikipedia admin…
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A promised ‘right’ to fast internet rings hollow for millions stuck with 20th-century speeds
Tell those living in the countryside about the government’s promised “right to fast internet” and…
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How can big data be used to advance dementia research?
As dementia is believed to be influenced by a wide range of social, environmental and…
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Should we use old or new rules to regulate warfare in the information age?
Information has now acquired a pivotal role in contemporary warfare, for it has become both…
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How do the mass media affect levels of trust in government?
Challenging the conventional wisdom that suggests greater exposure to mass media outlets will result in…
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Don’t knock clickivism: it represents the political participation aspirations of the modern citizen
Is an action only ‘political’ if it takes place in the mainstream political arena; involving…
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Does a market-approach to online privacy protection result in better protection for users?
Examining the voluntary provision by commercial sites of information privacy protection and control under the…
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Will digital innovation disintermediate banking—and can regulatory frameworks keep up?
The role of finance in enabling the development and implementation of new ideas is vital—an…