Phil HowardIs Social Media Killing Democracy?This is the big year for computational propaganda — using immense data sets to manipulate public opinion over social media. Both the Brexit…Nov 23, 2016Nov 23, 2016
Phil HowardTypes of EvidenceSocial scientists have to use evidence to explain the dynamics of our economic, cultural and political lives. Powerful arguments use…Jan 28, 2016Jan 28, 2016
Phil Howard12 Common Fallacies Used in Social ResearchThink social science is free of fallacies? Here are the ones we use, and where we use them.Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016
Phil HowardHow to Get from a Social Problem to a Research Question and Research PlanFirst Few Steps, for Humanistic, Qualitative, Comparative and Quantitative InquiryJan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
Phil HowardTwitter Needs a “Terms of Sharing”Recently, some colleagues (wonderful team of @MCForelle, @saiphchen, @andresmh) and I came together to study the impact of bots on…Sep 4, 2015Sep 4, 2015