University of Amsterdam - assistant professor - political communication - microtargeting - electoral pledges - deepfake disinformation
Joined March 2009
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🏛️ Promotieplaats! Lijkt het je interessant om onderzoek te doen naar de invloed van smartphonegebruik op het politieke wereldbeeld van jongeren? Bekijk dan onderstaande vacature. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancie…
US documents reveal a Russian operation that uses social media comments to influence public opinion. In a new study (w @Hameleers_M), we reveal that comment reading can over time exacerbate news media mistrust, highlighting the potential of this strategy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Check out this insightful dashboard on the EP-campaigns in 27 countries + the pan-European level.
📢 Just in time for the European Parliament election!🇪🇺
Enjoy the new @WhoTargetsMe dashboard I created to reveal who is advertising and targeting which audiences on Meta platforms.
favstats.github.io/ep2024/
Get the inside scoop on political strategies in the EU! 🇪🇺🗳️
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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
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"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…
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📢PUBLICATION ALERT🧵
Our new research in @journalqd maps the global landscape of political microtargeting across 95 countries during 113 elections. @meinungfuehrer, @MadsHoveThy, @TomDobber, @nhelberger, @claesdevreese, and I analyze 2.5M FB & IG ads that ran from 2020 to 2022.
Come work with us! We, @Hande_Sungur @jesstpiotrowski, 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…
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Anyway, good that I am currently in Amsterdam and just got the third paper of my dissertation accepted at @journalqd, where @meinungfuehrer, @MadsHoveThy, @TomDobber, @nhelberger, @claesdevreese, and I examine (micro)targeting strategies in 113 elections around the world.
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A few days ago @JoeBiden, who had been buying a lot of Meta ads, started buying A LOT of Meta ads.
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".
🚨New paper alert!🚨 Now on PNAS Nexus @PNASNexus: The persuasive effects of political microtargeting in the age of generative AI w/ @STWorg and Matthew Edwards doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pg… [1/8]
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1/15 Our new book (@meinungfuehrer) 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/prod…
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Don't miss out on this! Very happy about the collaboration with @DeGroene/@WhoTargetsMe!
Deep dive into the digital campaigns of Dutch parties with great insights from colleagues @TomDobber and @maxvandrunen on targeting trends and legality of proxies for ethnic profiling!
De man die online nagenoeg niets deed, Geert Wilders, won glansrijk. Hij zette al zijn geld in op één plaatje op Facebook van zijn eigen gezicht. De Groene onderzocht de betaalde online campagnes.
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@CoenvdVen @VaeManhof @favstats @jorisveerb
Happy that this paper is out. Always a pleasure to co-author with @Brahim_Zr. We found further support for the persuasive potential of personality-based targeting.
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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
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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 @PvdA/@groenlinks but there are many such cases.
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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.
When targeting goes wrong. Dutch senior's party 50+ targets people interested in 'pioneer of hardcore music' ANGERFIST. (see favstats.github.io/TK2023/ta…)
Musk zwaait alweer een jaar de scepter bij X. Ik sprak erover met de Volkskrant. volkskrant.nl/a-b15dd11a
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🔥We are hiring!⚖️
We at @UvA_ASCoR 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…