by Phil Howard | Aug 5, 2015 | Interviewed For News Stories, News
Contributed to an Associated Press story on the use of bots by Venezuelan political figures. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s approval ratings may be languishing below 30 percent, but on Twitter he’s as popular as Pope Francis — or so it would...
by Phil Howard | Jul 15, 2015 | Review
This review essay appeared originally in July on The Guardian website and is by Julia Powles. The subject of this book — the emerging “internet of things” — could not be more timely and important; and its central premise — that this new stage in the evolution of the...
by Phil Howard | Jul 1, 2015 | Commentaries, Learn More
This appeared as “Politics won’t know what hit it: The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself” in Politico Magazine. In the evolving conversation about the “Internet of Things” — the growth of networked everyday objects and the data...
by Phil Howard | Jul 1, 2015 | Interviewed For News Stories, News, Washington Post
Contributed to a Washington Post story on what impact changing Facebook profile photos does, and does not, have.“Profile picture campaigns are effective in showing the friends and family in your social network that you have some affinity for a political candidate or...
