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The promises and threats of big data for public policy-making
Widespread use of digital technologies, the Internet and social media means both citizens and governments…
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Can text mining help handle the data deluge in public policy analysis?
There has been a major shift in the policies of governments concerning participatory governance—that is,…
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Can Twitter provide an early warning function for the next pandemic?
While traditional surveillance systems will remain the pillars of public health, online media monitoring has…
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Who represents the Arab world online?
The Middle East and North Africa are relatively under-represented in Wikipedia. Even after accounting for…
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Responsible research agendas for public policy in the era of big data
Bringing together leading social science academics with senior government agency staff to discuss its public…
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Is China shaping the Internet in Africa?
Concerns have been expressed about the detrimental role China may play in African media sectors,…
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Harnessing ‘generative friction’: can conflict actually improve quality in open systems?
The more that differing points of view and differing evaluative frames came into contact, the…
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Uncovering the patterns and practice of censorship in Chinese news sites
Is censorship of domestic news more geared towards “avoiding panics and maintaining social order”, or…
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Predicting elections on Twitter: a different way of thinking about the data
Social media monitoring, which in theory can extract information from tweets and Facebook posts and…
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The complicated relationship between Chinese Internet users and their government
Chinese citizens are being encouraged by the government to engage and complain online. Is the…
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Staying free in a world of persuasive technologies
Broadly speaking, most of the online services we think we’re using for “free”—that is, the…
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How are internal monitoring systems being used to tackle corruption in the Chinese public administration?
China has made concerted efforts to reduce corruption at the lowest levels of government, as…