Reviews | Pax Technica

New York Times

Dec 16, 2017 | New York Times, Review

Ideas from the Pax Technica used in this review essay by Roger Cohen in the New York Times: One stab at defining such an invisible force that I find persuasive has been offered by Philip Howard, a professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University. He has coined the...

The Internet of Things Heralds the Dawning of Pax Technica

Dec 11, 2017 | Review

An extensive opinion essay on the pax technica by John Thornhill in FT: Is this internet of things going to set us free or lock us up? That question is the subtitle of a book called Pax Technica by Philip Howard, a professor at the Oxford Internet Institute. It was...

Journal of Communication

Jun 18, 2017 | Review

Rossini, Patricia. Review of Pax Technica by Philip N. Howard. Journal of Communication 67(3). (2017): E4-5. DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12303. What are the political, social, and economic consequences of the ever-growing number of devices connected to the Internet—from...

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

Mar 30, 2017 | Review, Uncategorized

Donica, John. Review of Pax Technica by Philip N. Howard. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (2017): 32(2), pp. 455–457, DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqx019. Perhaps Howard’s prescriptions for what we can do to keep the Internet of Things from locking us up are a bit too...

Contemporary Sociology

Jan 10, 2017 | Review

Petre, Caitlin. Review of Pax Technica by Philip N. Howard. Contemporary Sociology 46(1). (2017): 84-85, DOI: 10.1177/0094306116681813ff. Over the past quarter-century, mobile phones, tablets, personal computers, and other networked digital devices have...

Communication and the Public Interest

Mar 1, 2016 | Review

Lingel, Jessa. Review of Pax Technica by Philip N. Howard. Communication and the Public. (2016): 1(1), pp. 131-134, DOI: 10.1177/2057047315617766: Pax Technica operates at the convergence of Phil Howard’s longstanding interests in technology and governance, through...

Guardian: The Greatest Mass Surveillance Infrastructure Ever?

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...

Financial Times

Jun 1, 2015 | Review

This essay appeared originally in May on the Financial Times website and is by Felix Marton. 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...

Prospect Magazine

Jun 1, 2015 | Review

Bucking the recent trend towards digital doomsaying, Philip Howard's new book takes a cautiously optimistic look at the internet's latest evolution. As we move towards a world where our smart devices know more about our daily lives than our closest friends, Howard argues that this will usher in a new era of political stability. read more

Medium: How Will the Internet of Things Change Our Bodies, Minds, and Culture?

May 3, 2015 | Review

This essay appeared originally on Medium and is by Julia Evanczuk. On Tuesday, April 21, the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU Steinhardt hosted a brown bag lunch with Dr. Philip Howard, whose credentials include faculty appointments at Central...