Topics in Social Informatics

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Directed study and independent project work in the social science of information technology, with weekly meetings to review the student's progress. Possible topics include: Online public deliberation and e-participation in the UK; Voting systems in comparative perspective: theory and evidence; Social informatics and the use of digital media in the US and UK elections of 2016; Social movements and digital media: General assemblies, democracy villages, and hashtags