📢 Now published: a special issue co-edited by members of the DiCED team and Datadriven. This issue in the open-access journal Media and Communication examines the world of data-driven campaigning, exploring how microtargeting and other digital tactics have been employed in recent elections across Europe and the US.

Issue: https://shorturl.at/Rr34g

Editors: Katharine Dommett (The University of Sheffield), Rachel Gibson (The University of Manchester), Sanne Kruikemeier (Wageningen University & Research), Sophie Lecheler (University of Vienna), Esmeralda Bon, PhD (The University of Manchester), and Stephanie Luke (University of Sheffield).

This special issue also features a paper and an editorial written by the same team! 🎉

The paper “Are Certain Types of Microtargeting More Acceptable? Comparing US, German, and Dutch Citizens’ Attitudes” is available here: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/8520 

In this study, we argue that individual concern, and by corollary, acceptance of microtargeting will vary based on socio‐demographic characteristics and political orientations, and the type of personal data used, by examining data from the US, Germany and the Netherlands. We find that not all microtargeting is considered equally problematic across countries and socio‐demographic groups, and we call for a more contextualized debate about the benefits and costs of political microtargeting and its use of “sensitive” data, before the expansion of current regulation.

The editorial can be found here: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/9227

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