Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law: Democracy and Privacy in the Age of Micro-Targeting

ISBN-13: 9781032082554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 260 str.

Normann Witzleb; Moira Paterson; Janice Richardson

Opis

In this multidisciplinary book, experts from around the globe examine how data-driven political campaigning works, what challenges it poses for personal privacy and democracy, and how emerging practices should be regulated.

Spis treści

Table of contents

　

　

　

Introduction

1 Political Micro-Targeting in an Era of Big Data Analytics: an Overview of the Regulatory Issues

Janice Richardson, Normann Witzleb and Moira Paterson

　

　

Section One: The Need for a Civic Disposition

　

2 From Mass to Automated Media: Revisiting The ‘Filter Bubble’

Mark Andrejevic & Zala Volcic

3 Filter bubbles, Democracy and Conceptions of Self: A Brief Genealogy and a Spinozist Perspective

Janice Richardson

4 Voting Public: Leveraging Personal Information to Construct Voter Preference

Jacquelyn Burkell & Priscilla M. Regan

　

Section Two: Public International and European Law

5 International Law and New Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Age: Big Data, Privacy and Interferences with the Political Process

Dominik Steiger

6 Social Media in Election Campaigns: Free Speech or a Danger for Democracy?

Udo Fink

7 Freedom of Processing of Personal Data for the Purpose of Electoral Activities after the GDPR

Maeve McDonagh

　

　

Section Three: Domestic Laws in Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom

8 From the Doorstep to the Database: Political Parties, Campaigns, and Personal Privacy Protection in Canada

Colin J. Bennett & Michael McDonald

9 Freedom of Political Communication in an Era of Big Data: Time to Rethink the Political Exemption in the Australian Privacy Act

Moira Paterson & Normann Witzleb

10 Big Data and the Electoral Process in the United States: Constitutional Constraint and Limited Data Privacy Regulations

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

11 Data and Political Campaigning in the Era of Big Data – the UK Experience

Stephanie Hankey, Ravi Naik and Gary Wright

O autorze

Normann Witzleb, Moira Paterson and Janice Richardson all work at the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia.