Book Reviews / Books
on October 30, 2016 at 8:46 am ×
This essay appeared originally in July issue of the Journal of Democracy and is by Daniel O’Maley. What does the Internet mean for political systems, and for human freedom? During the 1990s and early 2000s, many social scientists equated the Internet’s spread with the supposed triumph of liberal democracy. Today, however, […]
Books / Presentations
on March 16, 2016 at 3:57 am ×
The “internet of things” is the expanding network of everyday objects—you can expect some 35 billion connected devices by 2020. The internet won’t be about your mobile phone or laptop anymore, it will be dominated by communication between devices, chips scattered over the natural world, and sensors embedded in our […]
Books / Presentations / Video
on February 8, 2016 at 7:01 pm ×
Here is the video of my book talk to the National Endowment for Democracy on February 3rd, 2016, “Will the Internet of Things Enhance Democracy or Empower Autocrats?”
Book Reviews / Books / Publications
on January 7, 2016 at 8:30 am ×
Reviews of Democracy’s Fourth Wave? Abootalebi, Ali R. 2013. “Review of Democracy’s Fourth Wave? by Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.” Choice 51 (4): 2322. Earl, Jennifer. Review of Democracy’s Fourth Wave? by Philip N. Howard and Muzammil Hussain. Political Science Quarterly 129, no. 2 (2014): 377–378, DOI: 10.1002/polq.12190 Faris, David. […]