Cambridge Analytica,independent research and the national interest |
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| Authors: | Vito Laterza |
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| Affiliation: | Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. From July 2018, he will be Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has published on labour, economic development, socio‐economic inequalities and social and political mobilization in southern and central Africa. |
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| Abstract: | This guest editorial addresses some of the ethical issues raised by the Cambridge Analytica case. The author criticizes expert opinions downplaying the scandal and links Cambridge Analytica's operations to the growth of academic research influenced by state security agendas. |
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