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The Problem with Personalization: How Advertisers Learned to Make and Break Us from Ancient Times to the AI Age

By Joseph Turow
Hardcover
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By Joseph Turow
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A respected voice on technology shows how seemingly simple ads help dismantle democracy and public discourse.

Whether you’re intentionally shopping or casually browsing social media, something is following you: ads. Their creators seem to know your income bracket, politics, age, location, medical conditions, and tastes in clothing, food, and romantic partners. As advertising firms use predictive AI to discover your hot buttons and generative AI to push them, your online world becomes an incr...