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Yes Prime Minister parody mocks how nature of question can produce different answers - Yes Primeminister - "The Truth Behind Opinion Polls" 1:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgyKpkLpccE 

Informed parody of targeting and how ignoring youth as targeting them makes no sense as they don't vote - Rick's Rant from the Season Finale of Rick Mercer Report, Tuesday March 29 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhgYhcTl95w Discusses the use of targeting in the 2011 Canadian election but also the need for youth to vote otherwise they will be considered a segment of the political market that can be ignore

Musical critique of ethnic targeting - Avvy Go and The Colour of Poverty (2011). ‘Go Ethnics Go’, youtube.com, 12th April. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5UE0SgN5ic  (accessed October, 2013) public driven mockery and critique of too much ethnic targeting

Critical discussion of whether marketing really gives citizens a voice - Giving us what we want? - The Persuaders program [13 m] This explores the use of research in communication, through focusing on the US consultant Frank Luntz. Raises ethical issues about whether marketing really is about elites listening to voters, or in fact just another tool to sell their product to us.n marketing http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/main.html?pkg=2303&seg=1&mod=1 

Political campaigning in the digital age: Lucian Despoiu at TED x Bucharest - 17:55 – discusses how online/emarketing tools and techniques can be used to create more positive links between politicians and citizens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgOUL0iYW8

https://www.prx.org/pieces/104831-grokking-democracy Hour long news program examines the democratic process and how technology has played a role. Co-hosted by Jonathan Alter and Lisa Mullins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJEbWXVsqEE&list=TLFizQFDUwWOCBfoTAA1JqFMuku9g2HoAa Jan 26, 2014 [29 minutes]Discusses impact of technology in campaigns on democracy. Elections have always been a spectacle in the US and no expense is spared to get candidates elected. And as Obama's campaign team demonstrated, modern technologies and social media are the latest weapons in the battle for an edge. How are these new tools changing the way we elect candidates and exercise democracy? How can they be harnessed to keep those we elect accountable? Oksana is joined by Harper Reed, the former CTO for the Obama 2012 campaign, to discuss these issues.

Discussion of CBCs programme on Canadian parties appealing to the ethnic vote in 2011 with further links http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/04/19/the-ethnic-vote/

Young, Sally (2005). ‘Government advertising costs us dearly’. The Age, 30 August. http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/sally-young/2005/08/29/1125302509121.html  (accessed 10 April, 2008)

Democrats, in a stark shift in messaging, to make big tax-break pitch for middle class – The Washington Post (January 2015) – Article discussing leading Democrats decision to attempt to address income inequality by creating more tax breaks for the middle class following the unpopularity of Obama’s economic approach the previous year.