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Philip Waddell

Phil Waddell is a third year Ph.D Candidate at the Web Science DTC. His research investigates how the Web is developing global justice activism and developing the power dynamics between citizens and their representative states.

Social networks and homophily

Many of the early Web technologies which we use today began life as fringe technologies, escaping the attention of governments and wider society. But they quickly became important vehicles for social change, presenting an alternative media that used the network effect of the Web to great effect. Continue reading →

Tutor Interview Series: Phil Waddell – Democracy

Briefly tell me what your session is going to be about. My session explores the historical relationship between the Web and political activism. Students are going to see how a particular type of global activism has developed alongside the Web and how each new development in Web technologies can be used by activists to challenge their governments and established political systems. Continue reading →

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Philip Waddell Phil Waddell is a third year Ph.D Candidate at the Web Science DTC. His research investigates how the Web is developing global justice activism and developing the power dynamics between citizens and their representative states.

Philip Waddell

Philip Waddell

Phil Waddell is a third year Ph.D Candidate at the Web Science DTC. His research investigates how the Web is developing global justice activism and developing the power dynamics between citizens and their representative states.