Re:The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t a scandal: this is ...
by bostik on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:22PM
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> Much of political campaigning, and advertising in general, is exactly as you describe, "using manipulation and psychological techniques to convince".
Please, just call it what it is: propaganda.
Whether you're selling a product, a service or an idea, you're still doing your best to manipulate your target audience. The techniques are the same.
And I use the term in a purely clinical sense: manipulation at scale, the subtler the better.
Please, just call it what it is: propaganda.
Whether you're selling a product, a service or an idea, you're still doing your best to manipulate your target audience. The techniques are the same.
And I use the term in a purely clinical sense: manipulation at scale, the subtler the better.