Computational Propaganda Project
This project began in 2012 and has become an large, international endeavor to understand the impact of algorithms on public life.
The latest content and findings are available at www.comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk.
This project began in 2012 and has become an large, international endeavor to understand the impact of algorithms on public life.
The latest content and findings are available at www.comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk.
Norah Abokhodair
A PhD student at UW, and has been a graduate student researcher for the project on computational propaganda.
Bence Kollanyi
A student at Corvinus University in Budapest, and we are working on the analysis of social media bots and European politics.
Samantha Shorey
A graduate student at UW. We are collaborating on several writing projects about algorithms, automation, and politics.
Sam Woolley
Joined the program in 2013, and we have co-authored a book chapter on bots and the manipulation of public opinion. He helps manage the Computational Propaganda project and I am chairing his doctoral committee.
Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social[...]
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Implications for Involving Artificial Intelligence in Public Service and Good Governance How do people perceive the[...]
Read moreTopics Computational Social Science
In Brazil, there are rising concerns over computational propaganda and the political polarization it may cause.[...]
Read moreTopics Elections Governance Social Media
In Sweden, concerns over misinformation and computational propaganda and their effect on the democratic process are[...]
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The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to[...]
Read moreTopics Governance Social Media
In Mexico, there are rising concerns over computational propaganda and the political polarization it may cause.[...]
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What kinds of social media users read junk news? We examine the distribution of the most[...]
Read moreTopics Governance Social Media
Several prominent UK politicians are concerned about the role of Russian troll and bot accounts in[...]
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Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) launched an extended attack on the United States by using computational[...]
Read moreTopics Hackers Social Media
Social media provides political news and information for both active duty military personnel and veterans. We[...]
Read moreUS voters shared large volumes of polarizing political news and information in the form of links[...]
Read moreTopics Elections Governance Social Media
Automation and propaganda can significantly impact public life during important policy debates, elections, and political crises. We[...]
Read moreTopics Elections Governance Social Media
The Computational Propaganda Research Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has researched the[...]
Read morePlatforms like Twitter and sources like Wikipedia are important parts of the information diet for many[...]
Read moreTopics Elections Governance Social Media
Computational propaganda distributes large amounts of misinformation about politics and public policy over social media platforms.[...]
Read moreTopics Elections Governance Social Media
I was interviewed by the BBC World Service for their Global News Podcast, Report says millions of[...]
Read moreThe project’s latest research on politicized information and the 2016 US election was covered in Mother Jones.
Read moreTopics Social Media
Our latest research into polarizing information shared in the lead up to the 2016 US election was[...]
Read moreTopics Computational Propaganda
Research by myself and my colleagues at the COMPROP team on the 2017 German election was covered[...]
Read moreI spoke to the Atlantic for this story about regulating political advertising on Facebook.
Read moreTopics Social Media
Our research on government-sponsored social media manipulation was featured in a Washington Post article.
Read moreTopics Governance Social Media
Our case study series was covered in the Register.
Read moreTopics Social Media
Our case study series on computational propaganda worldwide was featured in the Guardian
Read moreThe Oxford Internet Institute presents Professor Philip Howard’s Inaugural Lecture. The design and implementation of social[...]
Read moreTopics Social Media
Our research and insight was featured extensively in a Guardian article about the 2017 UK General Election.
Read moreTopics Social Media
I was interviewed for a 60 Minutes investigation on ‘fake news’ and disinformation, which featured the COMPROP team’s[...]
Read moreTopics Social Media
Our research was featured in this New York Times article on the U.S. Election and bots.
Read moreAmong the millions of real people tweeting about the presidential race, there are also a lot[...]
Read moreOur research was featured in the Washington Post online
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