Jamie Bartlett

Jamie is the director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos, which is a collaboration between social and computer scientists. Jamie’s work focuses on how social media is changing social and political movements. Over the past 18 months, he has led a team of researchers collecting data on Facebook supporters of radical political movements.

He is also the author of The Dark Net, a best-selling book about internet subcultures. He has written for several major outlets including the New York Times, The Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, the Telegraph and Prospect.

Related Sessions
Saturday 20 October 2012, 5.15pm Pit Theatre

Publications

The dark net (Random House 2015)

Maybe I do? Marriage in the modern era

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