Philip Howard

Director of the Oxford Internet Institute and Professor of Internet Studies at the University of Oxford. Howard investigates the impact of digital media on political life globally, with particular focus on computational propaganda, misinformation, information warfare, and how governments and private actors use digital technologies for both civic engagement and social control.

Sources in this wiki

• nodate-philip-howard-computational-propaganda — Podcast episode on the lie machines and computational propaganda systems

Topics

• computational-propaganda, misinformation, propaganda, information-warfare

Notes

Howard's work at the Oxford Internet Institute has produced some of the most comprehensive open datasets on coordinated inauthentic behavior and computational propaganda campaigns across multiple democracies. He is a frequent media commentator on digital governance and platform policy.