Category: Politics & Government
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Should citizens be allowed to vote on public budgets?
Considered to be a successful example of empowered democratic governance, participatory budgeting has spread among…
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Did you consider Twitter’s (lack of) representativeness before doing that predictive study?
Do Twitter users share identical characteristics with the population interest? For what populations are Twitter…
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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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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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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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Rethinking Digital Media and Political Change
What are the dangers or new opportunities of digital media?
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Brexit, voting, and political turbulence
Explaining why many political mobilisations of our times seem to come from nowhere.
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Back to the bad old days, as civil service infighting threatens UK’s only hope for digital government
The Government Digital Service (GDS) isn’t perfect, but to erase the progress it has put…
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Alan Turing Institute and OII: Summit on Data Science for Government and Policy Making
Leading policy makers, data scientists and academics came together to discuss how the ATI and…