Digital Campaigning and Electoral Democracy

Project Information

DiCED

Grant agreement ID: 833177

DOI

10.3030/833177

Project closed

EC signature date 1 July 2019

Start date 1 February 2020

End date 31 January 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 499 394,00

EU contribution

€ 2 499 394,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

What drives data‐driven campaigning (<scp>DDC</scp>)? A comparative analysis of the institutional and organisational factors shaping the adoption of <scp>DDC</scp> in the French and German party systems

Author(s): Esmeralda Bon, Rachel Gibson, Philipp Darius, Fabienne Greffet, Andrea Römmele
Published in: Swiss Political Science Review, Issue 31, 2025, Page(s) 79-101, ISSN 1424-7755
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/spsr.12652

Data-Driven Campaigning as a Disruptive Force

Author(s): Rachel Gibson
Published in: Political Communication, 2022, ISSN 1058-4609
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Citizens’ Acceptance of Data-Driven Political Campaigning: A 25-Country Cross-National Vignette Study

Author(s): Rens Vliegenthart, Jade Vrielink, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon, Xiaotong Chu, Claes de Vreese, Sophie Lecheler, Jörg Matthes, Sophie Minihold, Lukas Otto, Marlis Stubenvoll, Sanne Kruikemeier
Published in: Social Science Computer Review, Issue 42, 2025, Page(s) 1101-1119, ISSN 0894-4393
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/08944393241249708

Are Online Political Influencers Accelerating Democratic Deconsolidation?

Author(s): Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon, Philipp Darius, Peter Smyth
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 11, 2023, Page(s) 175-186, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6813

Are Certain Types of Microtargeting More Acceptable? Comparing US, German, and Dutch Citizens’ Attitudes

Author(s): Esmeralda Bon, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, Sanne Kruikemeier, Sophie Lecheler
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/mac.8520

"""I always feel like somebody's watching me"""

Author(s): Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon, Kathryn Dommett
Published in: Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2673-8813
Publisher: Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
DOI: 10.51685/jqd.2024.001

Editorial: Data-Driven Campaigning in a Comparative Context—Toward a 4th Era of Political Communication?

Author(s): Stephanie Luke, Esmeralda Bon, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, Sophie Lecheler, Sanne Kruikemeier
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/mac.9227

Who Consents to Sharing Their Tweets With Researchers? A Comparative Analysis of Selection Bias in Linked Survey and Social Media Data

Author(s): Conor Gaughan, Alexandru Cernat, Rachel Gibson, Marta Cantijoch, Riza Batista-Navarro
Published in: Social Science Computer Review, 2026, ISSN 0894-4393
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/08944393261421114

Exploring the methodological choices, challenges and solutions in working with new data sources

Author(s): Rachel Gibson, Trent D. Buskirk
Published in: methods, data, analyses, Issue 2, 2025, Page(s) 4-10, ISSN 2190-4936
Publisher: GESIS

Operationalizing data-driven campaigning: designing a new tool for mapping and guiding regulatory intervention

Author(s): Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon, Andrea Römmele
Published in: Policy Studies, Issue 45, 2024, Page(s) 692-708, ISSN 0144-2872
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2023.2259333

Just what is data-driven campaigning? A systematic review

Author(s): Katharine Dommett, Andrew Barclay, Rachel Gibson
Published in: Information, Communication &amp; Society, Issue 27, 2024, Page(s) 1-22, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2023.2166794

The regulatory ecosystem of data driven campaigning in the UK

Author(s): Andrew Barclay, Rachel Gibson, Katherine Dommett
Published in: Frontiers in Political Science, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 2673-3145
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2023.1146470

Conference proceedings (3)

Digital Micro-Targeting: An Unclear but Present Danger to Democracy?

Author(s): Rachel Gibson
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Digital Campaigning in Dissonant Public Spheres Conference

Personalisation versus privacy concerns as drivers of attitudes toward political micro-targeting?: Testing the 'privacy calculus' in the context of an election campaign

Author(s): Esmeralda Bon, Rachel Gibson
Published in: 2023
Publisher: International Society of Political Psychology

Linking Survey and Social Media Data: Natural Language Processing for Bridging the Gap Between Open Access and Data Protection

Author(s): Conor Gaughan, Rachel Gibson, Alexandru Cernat, Marta Cantijoch Cunill, Riza Batista-Navarro
Published in: 2025
Publisher: University of Manchester

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Improving Assessments of Group-Based Appeals in Political Campaigns by Systematically Incorporating Visual Components of Ads’

Author(s): Niamh Cashell
Published in: 2025
Publisher: University of Manchester

Book chapters (1)

Data-Driven Campaigning as a Disruptive Force

Author(s): Rachel Gibson
Published in: Dissonant Public Spheres, 2024, Page(s) 16-20
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781003479598-4