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Big data - analytical and experimental marketing


Academic Literature

Baldwin-Philippi, Jessica (2017). “The Myths of Data-Driven Campaigning”. Political Communication. 34(4): 627-633.

Dale, A and A Strauss (2009) 'Don't forget to vote: Text message reminders as a mobilization tool' American Journal of Political Science.

Dalton, Russell J. (2016). "The Potential of Big Data for the Cross-National Study of Political Behavior." International Journal of Sociology no. 46 (1):8-20.

Green, DP, AS Gerber (2008) Get out the vote: How to increase voter turnout

Gonzalez, Robert J. (2017). “Hacking the Citizenry?” Anthropology Today. 33(3): 9-12.

Issenberg, Sasha (2012). The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. New York: Crown Publishing Group.

McNeely, Connie L., and Jong-on Hahm. (2014). "The Big (Data) Bang: Policy, Prospects, and Challenges." Review of Policy Research no. 31 (4):304-310.

Mignacca, Nicholas (2014), Case Study 3.4 ‘Little data: Using social media to gain market research and inform campaign strategy at local government level’  in Political Marketing: Principles and Applications 2nd edition Routledge.

Panagopoulos, C (2011) 'Thank you for voting: gratitude expression and voter mobilization' Journal of Politics.

Pirog, Maureen A. (2014). "Data will drive innovation in Public Policy and Management research in the next decade." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management no. 33 (2):537-543.

Sinclair, B (2012) The Social Citizen

Spiller, Lisa and Jeff Bergner (2014), ‘Database Political Marketing’ Chapter 3 in Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Brian Conley and Kenneth Cosgrove (eds) Political Marketing in the US. New York; Routledge.

Audio-Visual

Big data in campaigns

Presentations on data, Workshop on Media and democracy conference, Canada, 2012

Big Data and Political marketing 1/4  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRqO5CjVyg

Big Data and Political marketing 2/4 . Lecture which discusses data on Obama, reaction to speeches by Romney and so on. 9 minutes long. By MDD Vancouver, Canada.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDM1d2SAveI

Big Data and Political marketing 3/4 D Colin Bennett from the Department of political science, University of Victoria discusses party databases http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx9lyRa9lbo

Big Data and Political marketing 4/4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvxjNmIIWw discusses prinvacy regulations

In government and policy

Using Big Data to Influence Government Policy – Wall Street Journal discussion - Dan Kaufman, the director of DARPA's Information Innovation Office, speaks with WSJ's Elizabeth Dwoskin about how the military can use big data to inform public policy - 4:09 http://www.wsj.com/video/using-big-data-to-influence-government-policy/5C5D6086-BD0E-4B6D-B0E6-109FFD95114E.html

Investment in data can produce a big return for government -The Guardian – public leaders network – Big data panel discussion on using big data in public sector - 15:45. Jonathan Raper, chief executive of transportapi.com, says the release of government data can improve accountability; Joel Gurin, senior adviser at the GovLab at New York University, highlights the private companies using public data; Tom Smith, managing director of OCSI, explores the high return-on-investment potential in opening up data; and Dell's Paul Brook talks about the democratisation of data. http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/video/2014/jun/20/big-data-question-panel-dell-video

The Value of Big Data and Analytics in Government - Oracle Session 3: Big Data 2014 - A Public Sector Partners Forum 50:51 - Speakers: Mark Johnson, Director, Engineered Systems and Big Data Programs, Oracle Corporation Wayne Babby, Deputy Director Office of Research, CA Dept of Corrections, Abdul Shaik, BI/Reporting Manager CA Dept of Corrections. The question of why the Public Sector should embark on a Data Discovery program is being asked at all levels of Government. This session focuses on the benefits of implementing a Big Data Program and the capabilities it builds in Public Sector Organizations. The key challenges identified were disparate data systems, localized data, volumes of data, data received from external agencies in flat files, inconsistency of format and the amount of time needed to get the desired results. This session was presented at the 2014 PSP Big Data Forum -- Managing Government Information Effectively - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlVK3ywDIWA

 

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Media discussions of big data in politics

‘The Death of the Hunch' in Slate discussed how experimental and analytic marketing is being used to predict/prove which ads could be most effective. May 2012 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/2012/05/obama_campaign_ads_how_the_analyst_institute_is_helping_him_hone_his_message_.html

'How parties 'identify' voters, and why it matters: But the same tools that help parties get out their votes can also enable dirty tricks' By Janyce McGregor, CBC News,  March 2 2012 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/how-parties-identify-voters-and-why-it-matters-1.1152309 

‘Obama campaign took unorthodox approach to ad buying' discusses how the used different data to target TV ads in unlikely places http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-influence-industry-obama-campaign-took-unorthodox-approach-to-ad-buying/2012/11/14/c3477e8c-2e87-11e2-beb2-4b4cf5087636_story.html

Article called 'Nudge my vote' in the New York Times discusses the Analyst institute http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31politics-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

As does 'Dream team' article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/health/dream-team-of-behavioral-scientists-advised-obama-campaign.html?pagewanted=all

Discussion of analytical marketing applied to a state level campaign in a swing state where turnout matters: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/meet-the-wonks--and-afternoon-talk-show-hosts--who-helped-mcauliffe-win-virginia/2013/11/06/d39dbfe6-470c-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html

Friesen, Joe (2011). ‘'Micro-targeting' lets parties conquer ridings, one tiny group at a time’. The Globe and Mail, Friday, April 22. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/micro-targeting-lets-parties-conquer-ridings-one-tiny-group-at-a-time/article4359559/

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