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Oxford Internet Institute

January 13, 2023

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary department of social and computer science dedicated to the study of information, communication, and technology, and is part of the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford, England.

Front door of the Oxford Internet Institute on St Giles, Oxford

Overview

The OII is housed over three sites on St Giles in Oxford, including a primary site at 1 St Giles, owned by Balliol College. The department undertakes research and teaching devoted to understanding life online, with the aim of shaping Internet research, policy, and practice.

Founded in 2001, the OII has tracked the Internet's development and use, aiming to shed light on individual, collective, and institutional behaviour online. The department brings together academics from a wide range of disciplines including political science, sociology, geography, economics, philosophy, physics and psychology.

The current director is Professor Victoria Nash.[1]

Research

Research at the OII covers a huge variety of topics, with faculty publishing journal articles and books on issues including privacy and security, e-government and e-democracy, virtual economies, smart cities, digital exclusion, digital humanities, online gaming, big data and Internet geography. The OII currently has the following research clusters reflecting the diverse expertise of faculty:

  • Digital Politics and Government
  • Information Governance, and Security
  • Social Data Science
  • Connectivity, Inclusion, and Inequality
  • Internet Economies
  • Digital Knowledge and Culture
  • Education, Digital Life, and Wellbeing
  • Ethics and Philosophy of Information

The research conducted at the OII covers a wide range of topics in Internet studies and the social impact of online technologies. Online politics, online education, social media and mental health, Internet-based collaboration, online dating, digital economy, the geography of the internet, and ethical and legal aspects of online technologies are among the main research topics followed at the Oxford Internet Institute.[citation needed]

Studies of Wikipedia

OII has published several studies on Internet geography and Wikipedia. In November 2011, The Guardian Data Blog published maps of geotagged Wikipedia articles written in English, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, French, Hebrew and Persian.[2] OII researcher Mark Graham[3] led the study and published the results on his blog, Zero Geography.[4]

Graham also leads an OII project focused on how new users are perceived, represented, and incorporated into the Wikipedia community.[5]

In 2013, OII researchers led by Taha Yasseri published a study of controversial topics in 10 different language versions of Wikipedia, using data related to "edit wars".[6]

The OII has also been involved in research on the effects of computational propaganda, the ethics of big data in different contexts and the political implications of the Internet and social media. It collaborates with other institutions of the University of Oxford such as the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the Department of Computer Science, and the Oxford Martin School.[citation needed]

In 2020, OII researcher Fabian Stephany and his colleague Hamza Salem published a study on using information-seeking behaviour patterns of Wikipedia users to predict US congressional elections.[7] Their model accurately predicted the election outcome for 31 of 35 states in the 2020 United States Senate elections.[8]

Studies of Internet Economics

Several researchers at the OII study the digital economy. The OII is home of the Online Labour Index (OLI), the first economic indicator measuring the activity of the global online gig-economy,[9] which was created and is administered by the OII researchers Otto Kässi, Vili Lehdonvirta, and Fabian Stephany. The index is a globally recognised reference for the measurement of the online freelance economy.[10][11][12][13] Since 2021, the Online Labour Index is hosted on a new research hub, the Online Labour Observatory[14] jointly administered by the OII and the International Labour Organisation.[15]

In 2020, OII researchers initiated the CoRisk Index,[16] the first economic indicator of industry risk assessments related to COVID-19.

Teaching

Since 2006, the OII has offered a DPhil (doctoral) degree in "Information, Communication, and the Social Sciences."[17] Since 2009, it has offered a one-year Master of Science (MSc) degree in "Social Science of the Internet".[18] From 2015, prospective students can apply to study the MSc degree part-time over two years.[19] In addition, the department also runs an annual Summer Doctoral Programme which brings outstanding PhD students to study at the OII for two weeks each July.[20] From 2018, prospective students also have the option to apply for a one-year Master of Science degree in Social Data Science[21] with the related DPhil in Social Data Science available from 2020 onward.[22]

History

The Oxford Internet Institute was made possible by a major donation from the Shirley Foundation of over £10m, with public funding totalling over £5m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.[23]

The idea originated with Derek Wyatt MP and Andrew Graham, then Master-Elect of Balliol. Two Balliol Alumni, who knew Dame Stephanie from The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, persuaded Dame Stephanie to meet Andrew Graham and it was following their meeting that she agreed to give the idea her support.[23]

The Oxford Internet Institute is part of a small network of research centres that includes the centres like the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Information Society Project at the Yale Law School. But it is the only one that functions as a fully functioning, degree-granting department.[citation needed]

Directors

Faculty

OII awards

For its 10th anniversary, the OII launched the OII awards for lifetime achievement awards on the internet research field and the Internet & Society awards for significant recent contribution to develop the internet for public good.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Announcing the OII's next Director". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. UK: Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ Rogers, Simon (11 November 2011). "The world of Wikipedia's languages mapped". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Dr. Mark Graham". UK: Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ^ Graham, Mark (10 November 2011). "Mapping Wikipedia's augmentations of our planet". www.zerogeography.net. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Wikipedia's Networks and Geographies: Representation and Power in Peer-Produced Content". UK: Oxford Internet Institute. November 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ Yasseri, Taha; Spoerri, Anselm; Graham, Mark; Kertész, János (2013). "The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis". arXiv:1305.5566v2 [physics.soc-ph].
  7. ^ Salem, Hamza; Stephany, Fabian (28 June 2021). "Wikipedia: a challenger's best friend? Utilizing information-seeking behaviour patterns to predict US congressional elections". Information, Communication & Society: 1–27. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2021.1942953. ISSN 1369-118X. S2CID 237857935.
  8. ^ "Wikipedia: A Challenger's Best Friend?". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. ^ Kässi, Otto; Lehdonvirta, Vili (1 December 2018). "Online labour index: Measuring the online gig economy for policy and research". Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 137: 241–248. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.056. ISSN 0040-1625. S2CID 54193279.
  10. ^ "India largest provider of 'online labour' - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Online jobs in gig economy growing fast, finds new index". the Guardian. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ Meaker, Morgan (29 December 2020). "Britain employs more 'crowdworkers' than anywhere in Europe". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  13. ^ Staff Writer. "The most in-demand job skills in South Africa right now". Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Online Labour Observatory". Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  15. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/ilo_research/status/1395376661986697216. Retrieved 27 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Stephany, Fabian; Neuhäuser, Leonie; Stoehr, Niklas; Darius, Philipp; Teutloff, Ole; Braesemann, Fabian (2 February 2022). "The CoRisk-Index: a data-mining approach to identify industry-specific risk perceptions related to Covid-19". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01039-1. ISSN 2662-9992. S2CID 246481158.
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  19. ^ "The OII's MSc in Social Science of the Internet is now available for part-time study | Oxford Internet Institute". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  20. ^ "The OII Summer Doctoral Programme". The OII Summer Doctoral Programme. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  21. ^ "MSc in Social Data Science". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. UK: Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  22. ^ "DPhil in Social Data Science". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. UK: Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  23. ^ a b Graham, Andrew. "The Origins of the Oxford Internet Institute: A brief history" (PDF). UK: Balliol College, Oxford. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Professor Helen Margetts Appointed Director of the Oxford Internet Institute". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  25. ^ "OII | Announcing the OII's next Director". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  26. ^ OII Awards | OII Awards 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk (18 July 2013). Retrieved 2014-04-12.

External links

  • Oxford Internet Institute website

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Oxford Internet Institute OII is a multi disciplinary department of social and computer science dedicated to the study of information communication and technology and is part of the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford England Front door of the Oxford Internet Institute on St Giles Oxford Contents 1 Overview 2 Research 2 1 Studies of Wikipedia 2 2 Studies of Internet Economics 3 Teaching 4 History 5 Directors 6 Faculty 7 OII awards 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksOverview EditThe OII is housed over three sites on St Giles in Oxford including a primary site at 1 St Giles owned by Balliol College The department undertakes research and teaching devoted to understanding life online with the aim of shaping Internet research policy and practice Founded in 2001 the OII has tracked the Internet s development and use aiming to shed light on individual collective and institutional behaviour online The department brings together academics from a wide range of disciplines including political science sociology geography economics philosophy physics and psychology The current director is Professor Victoria Nash 1 Research EditResearch at the OII covers a huge variety of topics with faculty publishing journal articles and books on issues including privacy and security e government and e democracy virtual economies smart cities digital exclusion digital humanities online gaming big data and Internet geography The OII currently has the following research clusters reflecting the diverse expertise of faculty Digital Politics and Government Information Governance and Security Social Data Science Connectivity Inclusion and Inequality Internet Economies Digital Knowledge and Culture Education Digital Life and Wellbeing Ethics and Philosophy of InformationThe research conducted at the OII covers a wide range of topics in Internet studies and the social impact of online technologies Online politics online education social media and mental health Internet based collaboration online dating digital economy the geography of the internet and ethical and legal aspects of online technologies are among the main research topics followed at the Oxford Internet Institute citation needed Studies of Wikipedia Edit OII has published several studies on Internet geography and Wikipedia In November 2011 The Guardian Data Blog published maps of geotagged Wikipedia articles written in English Arabic Egyptian Arabic French Hebrew and Persian 2 OII researcher Mark Graham 3 led the study and published the results on his blog Zero Geography 4 Graham also leads an OII project focused on how new users are perceived represented and incorporated into the Wikipedia community 5 In 2013 OII researchers led by Taha Yasseri published a study of controversial topics in 10 different language versions of Wikipedia using data related to edit wars 6 The OII has also been involved in research on the effects of computational propaganda the ethics of big data in different contexts and the political implications of the Internet and social media It collaborates with other institutions of the University of Oxford such as the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism the Department of Computer Science and the Oxford Martin School citation needed In 2020 OII researcher Fabian Stephany and his colleague Hamza Salem published a study on using information seeking behaviour patterns of Wikipedia users to predict US congressional elections 7 Their model accurately predicted the election outcome for 31 of 35 states in the 2020 United States Senate elections 8 Studies of Internet Economics Edit Several researchers at the OII study the digital economy The OII is home of the Online Labour Index OLI the first economic indicator measuring the activity of the global online gig economy 9 which was created and is administered by the OII researchers Otto Kassi Vili Lehdonvirta and Fabian Stephany The index is a globally recognised reference for the measurement of the online freelance economy 10 11 12 13 Since 2021 the Online Labour Index is hosted on a new research hub the Online Labour Observatory 14 jointly administered by the OII and the International Labour Organisation 15 In 2020 OII researchers initiated the CoRisk Index 16 the first economic indicator of industry risk assessments related to COVID 19 Teaching EditSince 2006 the OII has offered a DPhil doctoral degree in Information Communication and the Social Sciences 17 Since 2009 it has offered a one year Master of Science MSc degree in Social Science of the Internet 18 From 2015 prospective students can apply to study the MSc degree part time over two years 19 In addition the department also runs an annual Summer Doctoral Programme which brings outstanding PhD students to study at the OII for two weeks each July 20 From 2018 prospective students also have the option to apply for a one year Master of Science degree in Social Data Science 21 with the related DPhil in Social Data Science available from 2020 onward 22 History EditThe Oxford Internet Institute was made possible by a major donation from the Shirley Foundation of over 10m with public funding totalling over 5m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England 23 The idea originated with Derek Wyatt MP and Andrew Graham then Master Elect of Balliol Two Balliol Alumni who knew Dame Stephanie from The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists persuaded Dame Stephanie to meet Andrew Graham and it was following their meeting that she agreed to give the idea her support 23 The Oxford Internet Institute is part of a small network of research centres that includes the centres like the Berkman Klein Center for Internet amp Society and Information Society Project at the Yale Law School But it is the only one that functions as a fully functioning degree granting department citation needed Directors EditAndrew Graham Acting 2001 2002 William H Dutton 2002 2011 Helen Margetts 2011 2018 24 Philip N Howard 2018 2021 Victoria Nash 2021 present 25 Faculty EditHelen Margetts Luciano Floridi Philip N Howard Vili Lehdonvirta Viktor Mayer Schonberger Gina Neff Taha YasseriOII awards EditFor its 10th anniversary the OII launched the OII awards for lifetime achievement awards on the internet research field and the Internet amp Society awards for significant recent contribution to develop the internet for public good 26 See also Edit University of Oxford portal Internet portalBerkeley Center for Law and Technology at Boalt Hall Berkman Klein Center for Internet amp Society Information Society Project at Yale Law School Haifa Center for Law amp Technology at Haifa University Centre for Internet and Society India iLabour ProjectReferences Edit Announcing the OII s next Director www oii ox ac uk UK Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 15 April 2021 Rogers Simon 11 November 2011 The world of Wikipedia s languages mapped The Guardian Dr Mark Graham UK Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 14 June 2013 Graham Mark 10 November 2011 Mapping Wikipedia s augmentations of our planet www zerogeography net Retrieved 4 September 2014 Wikipedia s Networks and Geographies Representation and Power in Peer Produced Content UK Oxford Internet Institute November 2010 Retrieved 4 September 2014 Yasseri Taha Spoerri Anselm Graham Mark Kertesz Janos 2013 The most controversial topics in Wikipedia A multilingual and geographical analysis arXiv 1305 5566v2 physics soc ph Salem Hamza Stephany Fabian 28 June 2021 Wikipedia a challenger s best friend Utilizing information seeking behaviour patterns to predict US congressional elections Information Communication amp Society 1 27 doi 10 1080 1369118X 2021 1942953 ISSN 1369 118X S2CID 237857935 Wikipedia A Challenger s Best Friend www oii ox ac uk Retrieved 22 September 2022 Kassi Otto Lehdonvirta Vili 1 December 2018 Online labour index Measuring the online gig economy for policy and research Technological Forecasting and Social Change 137 241 248 doi 10 1016 j techfore 2018 07 056 ISSN 0040 1625 S2CID 54193279 India largest provider of online labour Times of India The Times of India 20 July 2017 Retrieved 27 December 2021 Online jobs in gig economy growing fast finds new index the Guardian 21 September 2016 Retrieved 27 December 2021 Meaker Morgan 29 December 2020 Britain employs more crowdworkers than anywhere in Europe The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 27 December 2021 Staff Writer The most in demand job skills in South Africa right now Retrieved 27 December 2021 Online Labour Observatory Retrieved 27 December 2021 Twitter https twitter com ilo research status 1395376661986697216 Retrieved 27 December 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Stephany Fabian Neuhauser Leonie Stoehr Niklas Darius Philipp Teutloff Ole Braesemann Fabian 2 February 2022 The CoRisk Index a data mining approach to identify industry specific risk perceptions related to Covid 19 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9 1 1 15 doi 10 1057 s41599 022 01039 1 ISSN 2662 9992 S2CID 246481158 Oxford Internet Institute s D Phil programme Archived from the original on 29 April 2011 Retrieved 29 April 2011 Oxford Internet Institute s one year MSc Archived from the original on 15 April 2011 Retrieved 29 April 2011 The OII s MSc in Social Science of the Internet is now available for part time study Oxford Internet Institute www oii ox ac uk Retrieved 15 January 2016 The OII Summer Doctoral Programme The OII Summer Doctoral Programme Retrieved 15 January 2016 MSc in Social Data Science www oii ox ac uk UK Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 11 September 2017 DPhil in Social Data Science www oii ox ac uk UK Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 1 September 2019 a b Graham Andrew The Origins of the Oxford Internet Institute A brief history PDF UK Balliol College Oxford Retrieved 8 October 2021 Professor Helen Margetts Appointed Director of the Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 7 November 2011 OII Announcing the OII s next Director www oii ox ac uk Oxford Internet Institute Retrieved 15 April 2021 OII Awards OII Awards Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Blogs oii ox ac uk 18 July 2013 Retrieved 2014 04 12 External links EditOxford Internet Institute website Coordinates 51 45 28 N 1 15 34 W 51 7578 N 1 2595 W 51 7578 1 2595 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oxford Internet Institute amp oldid 1122372633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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