https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnPR90dJ3Gk

The first of four TV programmes on the impact of Facebook on the Arab Spring

https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/blog/video-is-social-media-killing-democracy-computational-propaganda-algorithms-automation-and-public-life/

An inaugural lecture from the Oxford Internet Institute that briefly surveys the evolution of studies of the Internet, asks whether the social media are killing democracy, and speculates about the future direction of research on the Internet

https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history

TED talk: Clay Shirky argues that Facebook and Twitter can help citizens in repressive regimes, and concludes that the end of vertical or ‘top-down’ media control is changing the nature of politics. Do you agree?

https://www.ted.com/talks/christiane_amanpour_how_to_seek_truth_in_the_era_of_fake_news

TED talk: Christiane Amanpour discusses the fake news, and learning which sources of information are reliable. Is the phenomenon of fake news here to stay?

https://cyber.harvard.edu/research

The portal of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard

https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/

The research portal of the Oxford Internet institute

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/

Gateway to a large number of sites devoted to social capital and interest group activity

http://www.politifact.com/

A fact-checking portal for US politics