Digital Power

We believe that social science has a critical role to play in shaping the future of society for the betterAs technology changes the world around us, big data and computational methods provide an opportunity to address current social science questions in different ways - as well as to pose entirely new questions that will help improve our understanding of humanity.There are challenges too. Alongside ethical, methodological and theoretical challenges, social scientists need an array of additional tools, skills and experiences to take full advantage of this opportunity, while maintaining the integrity of the research process.Our mission is to support social science by equipping social scientists with the skills, tools and resources they need to work with big data and new technology.Find out more at:ocean.sagepub.com

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<H2>DIGITAL POWER</H2>
<H3>SAGE Ocean Speaker Series #4</H3>
A ground-breaking journey to reveal the new centres of power and control in the twenty-first century.
The old gods are dying. Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. Governments are losing control. The old familiarities are tumbling down and a strange new social order is rising in their place. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, technologists have re-invented democracy and information wars are breaking out around us. New mines produce crypto-currencies, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. What is going on?  For centuries, writers and thinkers have used power as a prism through which to view and understand the world at moments of seismic change. In this talk, we'll hear Carl discuss his journey to find the reality of power today. From a cyber-crime raid in suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, and from the digital soldiers of Berkshire to the hackers of Las Vegas, he will explain how power – the most important currency of all – is being transformed, fought over, won and lost. As power escapes from its old bonds, he shows us where it has gone, the shape it now takes and how it touches each of our lives.
 
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This event is free to attend, with pizza and drinks provided.
Space is limited, so please RSVP if you plan to come along.

Digital Power

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