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Dobber, T., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. (2023). Effects of an issue-based microtargeting campaign: a small-scale field experiment in a multi-party setting. The Information Society, 39, 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2022.2134240[details]
Dobber, T., & Noroozian, A. (2022). Targeted pledges during the 2020 US election. Manuscript in preparation.
Dobber, T., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Beyond manifestos: Exploring how political campaigns use online advertisements to communicate policy information and pledges. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/205395172210954
Hameleers, M., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., & Dobber, T. (2022). You Won’t Believe What They Just Said! The Effects of Political Deepfakes Embedded as Vox Populi on Social Media. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221116346
Kefford, G., Dommett, K., Baldwin-Philippi, J., Bannerman, S., Dobber, T., Kruschinski, S., Kruikemeier, S., & Rzepecki, E. (2022). Data-driven campaigning and democratic disruption: Evidence from six advanced democracies. Party Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221084039
Kruikemeier, S., Vermeer, S., Metoui, N., Dobber, T., & Zarouali, B. (2022). (Tar)getting you: The use of online political targeted messages on Facebook. Big Data & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221089626
Votta, F. A., Noroozian, A., Dobber, T., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Going Micro to Go Negative? Targeting Toxicity using Facebook and Instagram Ads. Manuscript submitted for publication.
2021
Dobber, T., Metoui, N., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. (2021). Do (microtargeted) deepfakes have real effects on political attitudes? International Journal of Press/Politics, 26(1), 69-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161220944364[details]
Groen-Reijman, E., Dobber, T., Votta, F. A., Noroozian, A., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2021). Online Campaigning and Manipulation. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Helberger, N., Dobber, T., & de Vreese, C. (2021). Towards Unfair Political Practices Law: Learning lessons from the regulation of unfair commercial practices for online political advertising. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law, 12(3), 273-296. https://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-12-3-2021/5338[details]
Leerssen, P. J., Dobber, T., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2021). News from the ad archive: how journalists use the Facebook Ad Library to hold online advertising accountable. Information, Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2009002
Ó Fathaigh, R., Dobber, T., Zuiderveen Borgesius, F., & Shires, J. (2021). Microtargeted propaganda by foreign actors: An interdisciplinary exploration. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 28(6), 856-877. https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X211042471[details]
Zarouali, B., Dobber, T., De Pauw, G., & de Vreese, C. H. (2020). Using a personality-profiling algorithm to investigate political microtargeting: assessing the persuasion effects of personality-tailored ads on social medi. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220961965
2019
Bastian, M., Makhortykh, M., & Dobber, T. (2019). News personalization for peace: how algorithmic recommendations can impact conflict coverage. The International Journal of Conflict Management, 30(3), 309-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-02-2019-0032[details]
Dobber, T., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. (2019). Spiraling downward: The reciprocal relation between attitude toward political behavioral targeting and privacy concerns. New Media & Society, 21(6), 1212-1231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818813372[details]
Dobber, T., Ó Fathaigh, R., & Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J. (2019). The regulation of online political micro-targeting in Europe. Internet Policy Review, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.14763/2019.4.1440[details]
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Möller, J., Kruikemeier, S., Ó Fathaigh, R., Irion, K., Dobber, T., Bodo, B., & de Vreese, C. (2018). Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy. Utrecht Law Review, 14(1), 82-96. https://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.420[details]
Dobber, T., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2017). Two crates of beer and 40 pizzas: the adoption of innovative political behavioural targeting techniques. Internet Policy Review, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.14763/2017.4.777[details]
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Möller, J., Dobber, T., Kruikemeier, S., Irion, K., Stapel, S., Fathaigh, R., Bodo, B., & de Vreese, C. (2019). Online politieke microtargeting: Een zegen of een vloek voor de democratie? Nederlands Juristenblad, 94(10), 662-669. [528]. http://deeplinking.kluwer.nl/?param=00D1799C&cpid=WKNL-LTR-Nav2[details]
Dobber, T. (2020). Microtargeting: hoe werkt het? In J. de Ridder, R. Vliegenthart, & J. Zuure (Eds.), Doen, durven of de waarheid?: Democratie in digitale tijden (pp. 257-272). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463727846[details]
Kruikemeier, S., Vermeer, S. A. M., Metoui, N., Dobber, T., & Zarouali, B. (2021). (Tar)getting you: Understanding how political actors use microtargeted messages. Paper presented at International Communication Association (ICA), United States.
2020
Dobber, T., Metoui, N., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & Vreese, C. D. (2020). Constructing a deepfake to measure its effects on political attitude. Paper presented at International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Dobber, T., Metoui, N., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., & Vreese, C. D. (2020). Deepfakes, real effects on political behavior?. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2020.
2019
Makhortykh, M., Bastian, M. B., & Dobber, T. (2019). News personalization for peace: How algorithmic content distribution can impact conflict coverage. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Nijmegen, .
2018
Bastian, M. B., Makhortykh, M., & Dobber, T. (2018). Algorithms for peace: How news recommender systems can facilitate constructive conflict reporting. Abstract from European Symposium Series on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science, Cologne, Germany.
Dobber, T. (2018). The effects of political microtargeting on political behavior. Paper presented at The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2018, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Dobber, T., Trilling, D. C., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2018). Spiraling into electoral trouble: The reciprocal relation between attitude towards political behavioral targeting and privacy concerns. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Ghent, Belgium.
Dobber, T., Trilling, D. C., Helberger, N., & de Vreese, C. H. (2018). Spiraling into electoral trouble: The reciprocal relation between attitude towards political behavioral targeting and privacy concerns. Paper presented at ICA, Prague, Czech Republic.
2017
Dobber, T., de Vreese, C. H., Helberger, N., & Trilling, D. C. (2017). Data as a crystal ball: Predicting votes and targeting voters. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Dobber, T. (28-02-2020). Politieke microtargeting in Nederland [Television] EenVandaag. Politieke microtargeting in Nederland. https://t.co/7yw84VHxW6?amp=1
Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker), Dobber, T. (speaker), Borgesius, F. (speaker) & Shires, J. (speaker) (27-5-2021). Microtargeted Propaganda by Foreign Actors: An Interdisciplinary Exploration, 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (25-3-2021). The online campaign for the Dutch election, European Commission.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (2-3-2021). Presenting political ad dashboard, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (2-3-2021). Research on transparency disclosures for online political ads, European Commission.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (21-1-2021). Political Microtargeting: een introductie, Kiesraad.
Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker), Dobber, T. (speaker), Borgesius, F. (speaker) & Shires, J. (speaker) (11-11-2020). Microtargeted propaganda by foreign actors: an interdisciplinary exploration, CyberNorms 2020, The Hague.
Borgesius, F. (speaker), Dobber, T. (speaker) & Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker) (5-11-2019). The regulation of online political microtargeting, Conference on Cyber Norms: Dealing with Uncertainty, The Hague.
Dobber, T. (speaker), Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker) & Borgesius, F. (speaker) (24-10-2019). The Regulation of Online Political Microtargeting in Europe, Privacy Law Scholars Conference Europe 2019.
Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker), Borgesius, F. (speaker) & Dobber, T. (speaker) (15-5-2019). The Regulation of Online Political Microtargeting in Europe, TILTing Perspectives 2019, Tilburg .
Dobber, T. (speaker) (20-3-2019). Lezing over politieke microtargeting, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Den Haag.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (30-1-2019). Panel moderator: Data is political power!, CPDP.
Dobber, T. (speaker) (10-4-2018). Political microtargeting, A Big Data Society, Utrecht.
Borgesius, F. (speaker), Kruikemeier, S. (speaker), Dobber, T. (speaker), Möller, J. E. (speaker), Bodó, B. (speaker), Trilling, D. C. (speaker) & Helberger, N. (speaker) (23-9-2016). Political microtargeting, IViR leestafel at the Institute for Information Law.
Others
Dobber, T. (participant) (18-5-2021). Symposium on the potential of transparency disclosures for citizens’ empowerment. Symposium on the potential of transparency disclosures for citizens’ empowerment (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
Dobber, T. (participant) (13-9-2020). American Political Science Association. Paper presented at Deepfake panel (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
Dobber, T. (participant) (5-11-2019 - 6-11-2019). Cyber Norms Conference (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
Dobber, T. (organiser) (9-5-2017). Data and Democracy, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2020
Dobber, T. (2020). Data & Democracy: Political microtargeting: A threat to electoral integrity?. [details]
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