Horizon Blog

Focus on Research – Dr Laura Carletti

Museums are increasingly investing into providing online access to their collections. Particularly, new media and technologies are reshaping cultural institutions’ relationship with the public by providing alternative forms of participation. […]


Focus on Research – Dr Ben Bedwell

Research Fellow Dr Ben Bedwell’s work focuses on helping cultural and heritage organisations present the collections and properties they hold. Often, his work involves using new technology to improve visitors’ […]


Sharenting – Raising a footprint: our social media compulsions as parents

Blog post by Jessica Maliphant, Child Emotional Well-Being Consultant and Sarah Martindale, Horizon Research Fellow © J. Maliphant, 2014 It’s summer and Facebook news feeds are awash with idyllic, sun-drenched […]


Putting Crowdsourcing In Action

Blog Post By Mark Illife Crowdsourcing is increasing in popularity as a form of distributed problem solving enabled by digital technologies. “The crowd” is invited to contribute towards projects, this […]


Controversy around Ethics of Facebook’s Study is Missing the Real Issue

Blog post by Dr Murray Goulden – Horizon Research Fellow Facebook came in for considerable criticism recently when they revealed that, over a one week period in 2012, they conducted […]