Dommett, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-6610 and Power, S. orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-2660 (2024) Monitoring digital election campaigns: assessing the transparency ecosystem in the United Kingdom. Politics, 44 (1). pp. 119-139. ISSN 0263-3957
Abstract
Digital election campaigning has undergone increased levels of scrutiny in recent years, with numerous calls for improved transparency. One key innovation has been the creation of online advertising archives offered by social media platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Snapchat. In this article, we compare what we know about digital campaigning in the United Kingdom from official election returns and Facebook and Google’s online advertising archives. We analyse whether both transparency sources provide agreed standards of completeness, consistency, accuracy, and accessibility. We find that – despite the United Kingdom having an effectively world-leading transparency regime – this is not the case. We therefore consider a number of potential reforms to increase knowledge of the workings of campaigns at the national level.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is properly attributed. |
Keywords: | British politics; online campaigning; political advertising; political finance; transparency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH FUNDING AGENCY COOPERATION IN EUROPE 462-19-032 LEVERHULME TRUST (THE) RPG-2020-148 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2023 09:48 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2024 08:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/02633957231156084 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206788 |