Discussion Post: Social Media for Marketing
Read the blog, How Facebook Stole Your Psychological Profile by Susan Krauss Whitbourne (Psychology Today accessed).
Find and read one additional article about the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica controversy. Answer the following questions in your post.
• Is profiling an invasion of your privacy? Why or why not? Use information from each of the readings in your response.
• The current controversy (Facebook and Cambridge Analytica) involves the use of profiling data for political purposes. Profiling for marketing and business purposes is quite common. What is your level of comfort with Facebook sharing your information (i) for political/governmental purposes and (ii) marketing/business purposes? Explain. Use information from each of the readings in your response.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.