The price of precision: Voter microtargeting and its potential harms to the democratic process

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-36

  Barocas, Solon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Elections; Microtargeting; Political campaigns; Voting

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTIONS; MICROTARGETING; POLITICAL CAMPAIGN; VOTING;

PUBLIC POLICY; WEBSITES;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84870406689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2389661.2389671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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