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Estimating the Local Geographies of Digital Inequality in Britain: London and the South East Show Highest Internet Use—But Why?
Britain has one of the largest Internet economies in the developed world, and the Internet…
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“If you’re on Twitter then you’re asking for it”—responses to sexual harassment online and offline
– in WellbeingExploring what sorts of reactions people might have to examples of assault and how they…
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
Do social media divide us, hide us from each other? Are you particularly aware of…
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: The US Election
Here are five pieces that consider the interaction of social media and democracy—the problems, but…
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Of course social media is transforming politics. But it’s not to blame for Brexit and Trump
Mark Zuckerberg has responded with the strange claim that his company does not influence people’s…
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
Are there ways in which the data economy could directly finance global causes such as…
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Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
The algorithms technology rely upon create a new type of curated media that can undermine…
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Can we predict electoral outcomes from Wikipedia traffic?
Data show that the relative change in page views to the general Wikipedia page on…
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The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy
Applying elementary institutional economics to examine what blockchain technologies really do in terms of economic…
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Is Social Media Killing Democracy?
Both the Brexit referendum and US election have revealed the limits of modern democracy, and…
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Don’t Shoot the Messenger! What part did social media play in 2016 US election?
We should appreciate how social media can provide a wealth of valuable data to understand…
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Edit wars! Examining networks of negative social interaction
– in Social Data ScienceWhile these interactions are less common, they strongly affect people’s psychological well-being, physical health, and…