Welcome to the OII webcasts
Here you will find webcasts of the Internet pioneers, scholars and regulators who have spoken at the Oxford Internet Institute, covering areas such as: social media, internet regulation, safety and security online, e-government and democracy, civil society, open access, e-learning, citizen journalism, and the future of the Internet itself. You can browse all webcasts, search, or browse by category.
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The Oxford Internet Institute is a department of the University of Oxford, and a leading world centre for the multidisciplinary study of the Internet and society.
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Oxford Webcams
Architecture, Bicycles and Rain...it's the Oxford Webcam. Pointing out of a second floor window of the Oxford Internet Institute, you can watch the Taylorian Institute (directly ahead) and the Randolph Hotel (to the left). The webcam is at: 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS.
Just Released
OII Internet & Society Awards: Raspberry Pi
Victoria Nash talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at innovative non-profit foundation Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from the OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain.
The Life Story of a Pioneer: From Hi-tech to Philanthropy
The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects.
Media Uses and Gratifications: Some Features of the Approach
In this seminar Jay G. Blumler discusses the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm.
Media Uses and Gratifications: Some Features of the Approach: Response by Denis McQuail
Denis McQuail's response to Jay G. Blumler's talk.
IPP 2012: Keynote: Duncan Watts
Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges".
IPP 2012: Welcome and Plenary Panel
Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges".
IPP 2012: Keynote: Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges".
Automated Analysis of Information and Social Networks from Social Media Data
Anatoliy Gruzd will explore automated ways to discover and analyze various information and social networks from social media data.
SDP 2012: Jeremy Hunsinger
In 2012 we held the 10th OII Summer Doctoral Programme. To mark this anniversary we held a conference to reflect on the past ten years' work, and in which alumni of the programme were invited to present their current research alongside this year's SDP participants. This webcast is a recording of the closing session in which Jeremy Hunsinger gives an overview of how the field of Internet-related research has changed in the past ten years, and in particular how debates about disciplinarity and multi-disciplinarity have played out in the context of institutional battles within universities.
SDP Alumni conference: Friday
In 2012 we held the 10th OII Summer Doctoral Programme. To mark this anniversary we held a conference to reflect on the past ten years' work, and in which alumni of the programme were invited to present their current research alongside this year's SDP participants. This webcast is a recording of the closing session in which students attending the 2012 SDP presented their unique (and somewhat irreverent) perspectives on the major developments in Internet research and research methods over the past ten years, as well as looking to the future to see how developments in socio-technical contexts might shape research agendas over the next ten years. We love these webcasts because in combining moments of academic genius with quite daft humour they truly capture the spirit of SDP.
SDP Alumni conference: Thursday
In 2012 we held the 10th OII Summer Doctoral Programme. To mark this anniversary we held a conference to reflect on the past ten years' work, and in which alumni of the programme were invited to present their current work. This webcast is a recording of the opening session where our keynote speakers offer their interpretation of advances in the field, and consider some of the major research challenges or opportunities for the next decade.
The Role of Digital Humanities in a Major Natural Disaster
Paul Millar, the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery.
Digital Divides - The Potential of the Internet for Development
This audio slide show will highlight inequalities in traditional knowledge and information geographies, before moving to examine the Internet-era potentials for new and more inclusionary patterns.
Computational Perspectives on the Structure and Information Flows in Online Networks
In this talk, Jure discusses how the computational perspective can be applied to questions involving the structure of online networks and the dynamics of information that flow through such networks.
The Oxford Tour
OII Tour 2011
Live Virtual Open Day 2011
Recording of the live virtual open day which was broadcast on 6th December 2011.
oii@10 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Joi Ito
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger interviews OII Lifetime Achievement Award winner Joi Ito.
oii@10 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: David Clark
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger interviews OII Lifetime Achievement Award winner David Clark.
Studying at the OII
Thinking about applying for our DPhil or MSc courses? Want to know more about what it's like to study at the OII? In this ten minute video, faculty and students talk about the OII's DPhil and MSc programmes.
Random!
Domain Name System: History and Future, Part 6
Dennis Jennings on the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). This event commemorated Jon Postel by looking back at the 25 year history of the DNS, the 10 years of its management under ICANN, and a vision of what the future holds.