Social media and microtargeting: Political data processing and the consequences for Germany

Amongst other methods, political campaigns employ microtargeting, a specific technique used to address the individual voter. In the US, microtargeting relies on a broad set of collected data about the individual. However, due to the unavailability of comparable data in Germany, the practice of micro...

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Main Authors: Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Simon Hegelich, Morteza Shahrezaye, Juan Carlos Medina Serrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-11-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718811844