As AI becomes ever more prevalent, it’s being used more frequently in political advertising. But there needs to be tighter regulations and safeguards around it so people know what they’re looking at.
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Irwin’s legal team threatened to sue Pauline Hanson’s party for defamation, but no legal proceedings have been initiated. Australia’s patchy laws in this area likely put a stop to it.
As political parties desperately battle for voters’ attention, cybersquatting is one of many online tools in the toolkit. It’s only effective at further diminishing trust in government.
Politicians and their campaigns use a lot of methods, including manipulation and deception, to persuade you to vote for them and give them money. AI promises to make those attempts more effective.
New laws aim to give the public access to a repository containing every political ad sent out through social media.
Politicisation of taxpayer-funded advertising is wasteful and creates an uneven playing field in elections.
Supporters and volunteers love them. But it’s difficult for political scientists to determine whether they even influence the outcome of elections, since no two campaigns or election cycles are alike.
Using taxpayer-funded advertising for political advantage is rife, but there are ways it can be curbed.
Cultural policy has scarcely featured in the 2022 campaign – when Whitlam campaigned in 1972, the arts were centre stage.
The social media strategies of many parties and candidates aim to bypass mainstream media to speak directly to voters, but they are often not as sophisticated as is assumed.
The government used to set interest rates but it doesn’t anymore. If UAP really did try to deliver on an election promise to cap interest rates at 3% for five years, what would the consequences be?
The federal election campaign is underway and political advertising has really started to ramp up. But who is each party targeting and what’s their key message?
We can expect political ads to continue to ramp up over the coming weeks. The onus will be on each voter to sift through the spin for the facts and for the policies that matter to them.
Provincial regulations have major implications for the freedom of expression exercised by individuals and organizations in Ontario in the months leading up to the June election.
It is likely in future we will see more, not less, unsolicited text messaging — and not just in politics.
A study of Facebook’s Ad Library over the past three months, shows what federal MPs, state premiers and political parties are spending on the social media platform.
Candidates from both the right and the left use the escalator as a metaphor for the economic perils – and perks – of upward social mobility.
So far, Trump and Biden are spending money on Facebook and Instagram at roughly the same rate as Trump and Hillary Clinton did during 2016.
Organic appeal and reach still trump advertising spending when it comes to digital engagement by parties and individual politicians.
Negative political advertising can actually spark more curiosity about a policy issue.
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Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Lecturer in PR & Communciations, Victoria University
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Reader in Political Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychology, The Ohio State University
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
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Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
