John Naughton (born 18 July 1946 in Ireland) is an Irish academic, journalist and author. He is a senior research fellow in the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities[1] at Cambridge University, Director of the Press Fellowship Programme at Wolfson College, Cambridge,[2] Emeritus Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the British Open University,[3] Adjunct Professor at University College, Cork[4] and the Technology columnist of the London Observer newspaper.[5]