Wired: Technology Metabolism Index
The Technology Metabolism Index, developed for our collaborators at Intel’s Peoples and Practices Group, got some press from Wired.
Phil Howard
Author, ProfessorLatest Posts
Commentary Essays / In The News / News Feature / Wired
Books / Publications
Handbook of Internet Politics
The internet is now a mainstay of contemporary political life and captivates researchers from across the social sciences. From debates about its impact on parties and election campaigns following momentous presidential contests in the United States, to concerns over international security, privacy, and surveillance in the post-9/11, post-7/7 environment; from […]
Academic Articles / Publications
A Case of Mistaken Identity? News Accounts of Hacker and Organizational Responsibility for Compromised Digital Records
The computer hacker is one of the most vilified figures in the digital era, but to what degree are organizations actually responsible for compromised personal records? To examine the role of organizational behavior in privacy violations, we analyze 589 incidents of compromised data between 1980 and 2006. There were more […]
Academic Articles / Publications
Channeling Diversity in the Public Spectrum
Over the last decade, the FCC has licensed the use of the public spectrum with an online auction system. Has this auction system, which requires potential licensees to first apply to qualify as bidders, increased the diversity of ownership, and, if not, why? Analyzing data on 28,354 applicants for 16,383 licenses, we find […]