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Venezuela ruling party games Twitter for political gain

Venezuela ruling party games Twitter for political gain

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...
The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself

The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself

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...
More than 26 million people have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag. Here’s why that matters.

More than 26 million people have changed their Facebook picture to a rainbow flag. Here’s why that matters.

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...
How big is the Internet of Things and how big will it get?

How big is the Internet of Things and how big will it get?

by Phil Howard | Jun 13, 2015 | Academic Writing, Learn More

This appeared in two parts for the Brookings Institution’s TechTank in June 2015.  Part 1 is called How big is the Internet of Things and how big will it get? and Part 2 is Sketching out the IoT Trendline.   New information technologies have transformed...

Participation, Civics and Your Next Coffee Maker

by Phil Howard | Mar 24, 2015 | Academic Writing, Learn More

This eventually appeared as a response to the article by Ethan Zuckerman “New Media, New Civics?” published in Policy & Internet (2014: vol. 6, issue 2). Dissatisfaction with existing governments, a broad shift to “post-representative democracy” and the rise of...
The Myth of Violent Online Extremism

The Myth of Violent Online Extremism

by Phil Howard | Feb 6, 2015 | Commentaries, Learn More, Yale Press Blog

This originally appeared on the Yale Books blog. The responsibility of social and digital networks in combating terrorism has come under particular scrutiny since the Charlie Hebdo attacks of January 2015. Philip N. Howard, Pax Technica author and commentator on the...
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