Chat Transcript: Targeting the Electorate

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October 30, 2012
by
Nathan Tobey

The campaigns have more information about you then ever before. What are they doing with it?

In The Digital Campaign, the PBS Newshour’s Hari Sreenivasan investigates how the presidential campaigns are using that data, and controversial new tactics, to target voters this election.

Join the PBS Newshour, FRONTLINE and ITVS for a live screening of the film today at 7 pm ET, followed by a chat with correspondent Hari Sreenivasan.

Join in here: http://bit.ly/TkhNuA

To take part, you’ll need a good Internet connection, the most recently updated version of your Internet browser and the latest version of Adobe flash player.

Please note — this is an experimental product, so let us know what you think and if you have any trouble using it.

We hope you’ll join us.

Nathan Tobey

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