Episode 22

You Are Being Microtargeted

Why you should know about microtargeting, and how it works in political advertising

December 5, 201925m 12s

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Show Notes

Why you should know about microtargeting, and how it works in political advertising.

Featuring:

@EmilyStewartM

@davidkgoldstein

Links to resources discussed:

Why everybody is freaking out about political ads on Facebook and Google

Campaigns Say Google Ad Policy Sidesteps Problem of Disinformation

Cambridge Analytica’s “psychographic microtargeting”: what’s bullshit and what’s legit

Reset episode on Twitter banning political ads

Host:

Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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