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> However the results (with a good deal of hindsight) seems to show the internet/media's ability to influence opinions is much smaller then they predict. On th
by doktrin 9y ago
> However the results (with a good deal of hindsight) seems to show the internet/media's ability to influence opinions is much smaller then they predict.
On the contrary. The internet & media's ability to influence opinions was on full display this last election. Trump won because of the internet, not despite it.
- maxerickson 9y agoYeah, the Trump campaign spent tens of millions of dollars more than Clinton on online advertising, using the profiles they have of most of the country to target people they believed they could influence in states they believed would be close. https://www.wired.com/2016/11/facebook-won-trump-election-not-just-fake-news/ https://www.wired.com/2016/11/facebook-won-trump-election-no... https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-built-an-identity-database-and-used-facebook-ads-to-win-the-election-4ff7d24269ac https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-buil...
- arca_vorago 9y agoIts also worth remembering that the Clinton campaign actually used their media contacts to push Trump in the R primaries based on the idea he would be the easiest R nominee to defeat!