Category: Social Media
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Honey in our ears? — What are the parties telling us via their targeted adverts?
The parties use targeted advertisements to gather data, inform and activate voters. This election is likely to be one of the most electorally volatile in British history and as such targeted advertising has a powerful capacity to influence the outcome.
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Brexit, NHS and leadership dominate, what topics are the parties using in their 2019 targeted ads?
Given the wide differences in topics used in parties targeted ads since 2017, it seems logical that we will be getting a different election outcome on December 13th.
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We need to talk about A/B testing: Brexit, attack ads and the election campaign
With the general election a week away, how are the parties targeting voters on Facebook with messages about Brexit? I explain how A/B testing is being used to identify the most effective campaign themes.
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Is Workington Man actually Workington Woman?
Tory think tank Onward released a report on the 30th October detailing an important new voter group labelled ‘Workington Man’. Like Mondeo Man or Worcester Women before, the label defines the sort of voter that will win the Conservatives the election. John Curtice, renowned bespectacled psephologist has pointed to “nearly 50 Labour seats that could…
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The Conservatives are spending 5-6 times the money defending Johnson as compared to targeting Labour leave seats on social media. The Uxbridge dethroning campaign.
Is Boris Johnson worried about his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat? Snapchat and Facebook targeted communications seen across the constituency would suggest he might be.
