Director
Jonathan Bright is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute who specialises in computational approaches to the social and political sciences. He has two major research interests: exploring the ways in which new digital technologies are changing political participation; and investigating how new forms of data can enable local and national governments to make better decisions.
Jonathan is the Principle Investigator for the Oxford Internet Institute’s Alternative News Networks research project. This project is examining how to understand the health of the UK online information ecosystem and includes the tracking of the spread of divisive and misleading content.
Conference papers
- Camargo, C.Q., Bright, J., McNeill, G., Raman, S. and Hale, S.A. (2020) "Estimating Traffic Disruption Patterns with Volunteered Geographic Information", Scientific Reports. England. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 10 (1) 252.
- Vogl, T., Seidelin, C., Ganesh, B. and Bright, J. (2019) "Algorithmic Bureaucracy", Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. dg.o 2019: 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 18 – 20 June 2019. ACM. 148-153.
- Hale, S., McNeill, G. and Bright, J. (2017) "Where’d it go? How geographic and force-directed layouts affect network task performance", EuroRV3 2017 - EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization. EuroVis Workshop on Reproducibility, Verification, and Validation in Visualization (EuroRV3), Barcelona, Spain. Eurographics Association. 13-17.
- Bright, J.M. and Voigt, C. (2016) "The Lightweight Smart City and Biases in Repurposed Big Data", Second International Conference on Human and Social Analytics. The Second International Conference on Human and Social Analytics. International Academy Research and Industry Association.
Journal articles
- BRIGHT, J.O.N.A.T.H.A.N., Bermudez, S., Pilet, J.-.B. and Soubiran, T. (2020) "Power users in online democracy: their origins and impact", Information, Communication and Society. 23 (13) 1838-1853.
- Vogl, T.M., Seidelin, C., Ganesh, B. and Bright, J. (2020) "Smart Technology and the Emergence of Algorithmic Bureaucracy: Artificial Intelligence in
UK
Local Authorities", Public Administration Review. 80 (6) 946-961.
- Bright, J., Garzia, D., Lacey, J. and Trechsel, A.H. (2020) "The representative deficit in different European Party Systems: an analysis of the elections to the European Parliament 2009-2014", Quaderni dell'Osservatorio elettorale. QOE - IJES. 83 (1) 45-57.
- Ganesh, B. and Bright, J. (2020) "Countering Extremists on Social Media: Challenges for Strategic Communication and Content Moderation", Policy and Internet. 12 (1) 6-19.
- Camargo, C.Q., Bright, J. and Hale, S.A. (2019) "Diagnosing the performance of human mobility models at small spatial scales using volunteered geographical information", Royal Society Open Science. 6 (11) 191034.
- Bright, J.M., Lee, S.M., MARGETTS, H., Wang, N. and Hale, S. (2019) "Explaining Download Patterns in Open Government Data: Citizen participation or private enterprise?", International Journal of Electronic Governance. 11 (2) 217.
- GLEDHILL, J.O.H.N. and BRIGHT, J. (2019) "Studying Peace and Studying Conflict: Complementary or Competing Projects?", Journal of Global Security Studies. 4 (2) 259-266.
- Nicholls, T. and Bright, J. (2019) "Understanding News Story Chains using Information Retrieval and Network Clustering Techniques", COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES. 13 (1) 43-59.
- Bright, J.M., De Sabbata, S. and Lee, S. (2018) "Geodemographic biases in crowdsourced knowledge websites:
do neighbours fill in the blanks?", GeoJournal: an international journal on human geography and environmental sciences. 83 (3) 427-440.
- De Sabbata, Lee, S.M., Ganesh, Humphreys and Bright, J.M. (2018) "OpenStreetMap data for alcohol research: reliability assessment and quality indicators", Health and Place. 50 130-136.
- Bright, J. and Gledhill, J.G. (2018) "A Divided Discipline? Mapping Peace and Conflict Studies", International Studies Perspectives. 19 (2) 128-147.
- Bright, J.M. (2018) "Explaining the emergence of political fragmentation on social media: the role of ideology and extremism", Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 23 (1) 17-33.
- Nash, V., BRIGHT, J., Lehdonvirta, V. and Margetts, H. (2017) "Public Policy in the Platform Society", Policy and Internet. 9 (4) 368-373.
- Bright, J., Hale, S.A., Ganesh, B., Bulovsky, A., Margetts, H. and Howard, P. (2017) "Does Campaigning on Social Media Make a Difference? Evidence from
candidate use of Twitter during the 2015 and 2017 UK Elections", Communication Research. 47 (7) 988-1009.
- McNeill, G., Bright, J. and Hale, S. (2017) "Estimating local commuting patterns from geolocated Twitter data", EPJ Data Science 6. 6 (24).
- Bright, J. and Margetts, H. (2016) "Big Data and Public Policy: Can It Succeed Where E-Participation Has Failed?", Policy and Internet. 8 (3) 218-224.
- Yasseri, T. and Bright, J. (2016) "Wikipedia traffic data and electoral prediction: towards theoretically
informed models", EPJ Data Science. 5 (1) 22.
- Bright, J.M. (2016) "The Social News Gap: How News Reading and News Sharing Diverge", Journal of Communication. 66 (3) 343-365.
- Bright, J., Garzia, D., Lacey, J. and Trechsel, A. (2016) "Europe’s voting space and the problem of second-order elections: A transnational proposal", European Union Politics. 17 (1) 184-198.
- Gagliardone, I., Pohjonen, M., Zerai, A., Beyene, Z., Aynekulu, G., Bright, J., Bekalu, M., Seifu, M., Moges, M.A., Stremlau, N., Taflan, P., Gebrewolde, T. and Teferra, Z. (2015) Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. Report Two: Discussing Politics and History in Social Media.
- Bright, J. (2015) "In Search of the Politics of Security", The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 17 (4) 585-603.
- Bulger, M., Bright, J. and Cobo, C. (2015) "The real component of virtual learning: motivations for face-to-face MOOC meetings in developing and industrialised countries", Information, Communication & Society. 18 (10) 1200-1216.
- Gagliardone, I., Pohjonen, M., Zerai, A., Beyene, Z., Aynekulu, G., Gebrewolde, T., Seifu, M., Stremlau, N., Bright, J., Bekalu, M. and Moges, M.A. (2015) Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. Report One: A Preliminary Assessment of Online Debates in Ethiopia.
- Lehdonvirta, V. and Bright, J. (2015) "Crowdsourcing for Public Policy and Government", Policy & Internet. 7 (3) 263-267.
- Bright, J., Döring, H. and Little, C. (2015) "Ministerial Importance and Survival in Government: Tough at the Top?", West European Politics. 38 (3) 441-464.
- Bright, J. and Nicholls, T. (2014) "The Life and Death of Political News: Measuring the Impact of the Audience Agenda Using Online Data", Social Science Computer Review, April 2014. 32 (2) 170-181.
- Yasseri, T. and Bright, J. (2014) "Can electoral popularity be predicted using socially generated big data?", it - Information Technology. 56 (5) 246-253.
- Bright, J.M. and Agustina, J. (2013) "Mediating surveillance: the developing landscape of European Online Copyright Enforcement", Journal of Contemporary European Research. 9 (1) 120-137.
- Bright, J. (2012) "Securitisation, terror, and control: towards a theory of the breaking point", Review of International Studies. 38 (4) 861-879.
- Bright, J.M. (2011) "Building biometrics: knowledge construction in the democratic control of surveillance technology", Surveillance and Society. 9 (1/2) 233-247.
Reports
- Gagliardone, I., Pohjonen, M., Beyene, Z., Zerai, A., Aynekulu, G., Bekalu, M., Bright, J., Moges, M.A., Seifu, M., Stremlau, N., Taflan, P., Gebrewolde, T.M. and Teferra, Z. (2016) "Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia - From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media" In: Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy. Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy.
- Bright, J., Margetts, H.Z., Wang, N. and Hale, S.A. (2015) Explaining Usage Patterns in Open Government Data: The Case of Data.Gov.UK.
- Bright, J.M., Margetts, H., Hale, S. and Yasseri, T. (2014) "The use of social media for research and analysis: a feasibility study" In: Report of research carried out by the Oxford Internet Institute on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. Department for Work and Pensions.