Philip N. Howard

Affiliation: Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Director and Professor)

Specialization: Computational propaganda, information operations, digital democracy, social media and politics.

Key works

• A Study of Misinformation in WhatsApp groups with a focus on the Brazilian Presidential Elections (with Machado, Kira, Narayanan, Kollanyi) — empirical study of WhatsApp's role in 2018 Brazilian election; documents shift of political communication from public (Twitter, Facebook) to private messaging platforms; analyzes propaganda strategies and content typology.