Philip N. Howard

Philip N. Howard (born December 9, 1970) is a sociologist and communication researcher who studies the impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality. He studies how new information technologies are used in both civic engagement and social control in countries around the world. He is Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute and Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He has been Director of the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Most recently, he helped establish the new International Panel on the Information Environment.

His latest book is Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives.