🔥We are hiring!⚖️ We at ASCoR | @[email protected] are looking for two PhD candidates to work on the exciting relationship between #morality, (political) #communication, and #conflict. More info below. Please share widely! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-Ph…

Musk zwaait alweer een jaar de scepter bij X. Ik sprak erover met de Volkskrant. volkskrant.nl/a-b15dd11a

When targeting goes wrong. Dutch senior's party 50+ targets people interested in 'pioneer of hardcore music' ANGERFIST. (see favstats.github.io/TK2023/targeti…)

I want to add that Meta's ad library now lacks behind 8 (!) days. It's never been this bad. Which is especially egregious given that only Dutch parties are only now starting spending, so we have no transparency for an entire week of political targeting strategies.

These are the screens for Meta's new, paid, no ads option.

Something seriously odd in the Meta Ad Library, specifically about new transparency measures introduced since #DSA. There are many ads that seem to have reached *1 person* only within the EU. Here is an example by Partij van de Arbeid/GroenLinks but there are many such cases.

GroenLinks-PvdA trekt vlak voor de verkiezingen een eindsprintje. Begin deze maand had die partij al bijna twee ton uitgegeven aan Meta en Google om online zichtbaar te zijn, en met nog een week te gaan is dat bedrag de 323.000 euro gepasseerd. buff.ly/3G6RIRf

Happy that this paper is out. Always a pleasure to co-author with Brahim Zarouali. We found further support for the persuasive potential of personality-based targeting.

Don't miss out on this! Very happy about the collaboration with De Groene Amsterdammer/Who Targets Me! Deep dive into the digital campaigns of Dutch parties with great insights from colleagues Tom Dobber and @maxvandrunen on targeting trends and legality of proxies for ethnic profiling!

1/15 Our new book (Simon Kruschinski▲@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social) Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties: Five Advanced Democracies Compared is out today, and we’re thrilled its hitting shelves just as we start the #YearofElections. A short thread about our key findings global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Fascinating study on AI-driven microtargeting. Study finds that personalization can be automated on large scale using AI, and "political ads tailored to individuals' personalities are more effective than non-personalized ads". Authors warn of a "manipulation machine".

A few days ago Joe Biden, who had been buying a lot of Meta ads, started buying A LOT of Meta ads.

Anyway, good that I am currently in Amsterdam and just got the third paper of my dissertation accepted at Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, where Simon Kruschinski▲@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social, Mads Hove, Tom Dobber, NHelberger is @[email protected], Claes de Vreese, and I examine (micro)targeting strategies in 113 elections around the world.

Come work with us! We, @Hande_Sungur Jessica Piotrowski \ jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social, Hilde Voorveld and I, offer the PhD position below, which specifically focuses on youth, generative AI, and misinformation. See: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Pr…

📢PUBLICATION ALERT🧵 Our new research in Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media maps the global landscape of political microtargeting across 95 countries during 113 elections. Simon Kruschinski▲@meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social, Mads Hove, Tom Dobber, NHelberger is @[email protected], Claes de Vreese, and I analyze 2.5M FB & IG ads that ran from 2020 to 2022.

"Bushwick Analytica" - a project to let kids use data driven advertising to promote their own targeted campaigns. Their ads included "No school on Mondays!" and "Get your kids a dog!" tegabrain.com/Bushwick-Analy…

I retrieved all spending reports from the Meta Ad Library for all 27 EU countries. Here is how much money is being poured into political ads on Meta in the last 30 days. #europeanelections2024 #ep2024 #europawahl

Check out this insightful dashboard on the EP-campaigns in 27 countries + the pan-European level.

US documents reveal a Russian operation that uses social media comments to influence public opinion. In a new study (w Michael Hameleers), we reveal that comment reading can over time exacerbate news media mistrust, highlighting the potential of this strategy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

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