| 8:30-9:00: Welcome and introductions | • Outline of the day
• Objectives
• Areas of expertise represented
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| 9:00-9:30: Opening plenary | |
| 10:00-10:45: Breakout session 1 | Effects & Determinants
Determinants:
- (How) can we systematically define the array of possible determinants?
- Are there groups that are more open towards microtargeting than others (and why)?
- Are there groups that are more vulnerable than others (and why)?
- (How) can we identify such groups and (how) can we protect/address them?
- Can transparency (e.g., ad libraries) mitigate potential negative effects on users’ perception of privacy?
Effects:
- Which effects of microtargeting do we know of?
- Is the process of identifying who is targeted (with what content by which party) – even for a good reason – an invasion to users’ privacy (and therefore has a negative effect on their perception of privacy)?
- How do we handle the fact that (protection against) targeting will not work for everyone in the same way and with the same efficiency?
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| 10:45-11:00: Break | |
| 11:00-12:00: Breakout groups present back to everyone | |
| 12:00-12:45: Lunch | |
| 12:45-1:30: Breakout session 2 | Literacy & normativity
Literacy:
- Do individual inspections of targeted ad libraries encourage privacy literacy – or is privacy literacy, and
not just awareness, a precondition for retrieving and using targeted ad libraries?
- Should we provide different levels of information and transparency (e.g. full information vs. easily
understandable information) for audiences with different digital skills – or is that targeting itself?
- What should voters know about targeting? What are relevant dimensions of “targeting-knowledge”?
Normativity and democracy:
- Does the assumption of informed consent, which forms the legal basis in many cases, still hold?
- What would be an alternative?
- Providing information is always a kind of persuasion, isn’t it?
- Thus, where does “good” persuasion end and where does “bad” persuasion begin?
- Right to privacy vs. civic responsibility: Is it possible to inform and mobilize voters in the age of digital
campaigning without infringing their privacy?
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| 1:30-2:30: Breakout groups present back to everyone | |
| 2:30-2:45: Break | |
| 2:45-3:45: Collaboration organization and next steps | |
| 3:45-4:15: Closing remarks | |
