Plus: How Trump’s 2016 digital campaign sought to suppress the Black vote, and people on both sides of the political spectrum are vulnerable to misinformation about mail dumping.
The Cambridge Analytica story is a reminder of the value of a trusted, direct connection between publisher and consumer. Building more of them is the news industry’s best strategy available.
“The sins are different; but they are still sins, just as apples and oranges are still both fruit. Exposing readers to data vampires is simply wrong on its face, and we need to fix it.”
“Fears of mass manipulation by new media are as old as mass media themselves. Almost every expansion of media or new media technology provoked paranoia about the contagious emotions of ‘the masses.'”
What’s the best way to follow how the news is changing?
Our daily email, with all the freshest future-of-journalism news.
Tworek, Heidi. "Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 May. 2017. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
APA
Tworek, H. (2017, May. 15). Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/cambridge-analytica-trump-and-the-new-old-fear-of-manipulating-the-masses/
Chicago
Tworek, Heidi. "Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 15, 2017. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/cambridge-analytica-trump-and-the-new-old-fear-of-manipulating-the-masses/.
Wikipedia
{{cite web
| url = https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/cambridge-analytica-trump-and-the-new-old-fear-of-manipulating-the-masses/
| title = Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses
| last = Tworek
| first = Heidi
| work = [[Nieman Journalism Lab]]
| date = 15 May 2017
| accessdate = 25 April 2024
| ref = {{harvid|Tworek|2017}}
}}
