Tag: Oxford Internet Institute
Not enough evidence obsessive gaming is clinically unhealthy, scientists say
There is little evidence to suggest that gaming addiction is a clinically unhealthy habit for young people, scientists claim, calling existing fears “exaggerated”. Researchers from Oxford University and Cardiff University believe obsessive gamers are likely to have underlying frustrations and wider psychosocial functioning issues away from consoles. After studying more than 1,000 players and their…
China now a ‘global disinformation superpower’, say researchers
China has become a major player in global social media manipulation campaigns, researchers say, amid an overall increase in the number of countries sharing misinformation online. According to the Oxford Internet Institute, organised social media manipulation has more than doubled since 2017, with 70 countries using computational propaganda to manipulate public opinion. The report says…
Google answers 11 million questions from British children a day
New analysis shows the internet has never been more popular as a tool for learning with Google answering 11 million questions a day from UK school kids. As children return to school this month, the figures prepared by Internet Association highlight the increase in the use of the internet for learning. New figures showed Google…
Privacy fears risk widening digital divide, study suggests
Heightened privacy fears are putting more non-internet users off and risk worsening the digital divide, new research has warned. Most people who are not online do so because they are not interested, according to the University of Oxford. But a growing number have cited anxiety about widely-reported privacy issues, as well as a lack of…
Dead Facebook account holders to outnumber living in fifty years?
The number of dead Facebook account holders could outnumber the living within fifty years, new research has claimed. Academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, found that based on 2018 user figures, at least 1.4 billion of the site’s around 2.3 billion users will die before 2100, with the…
