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Big Data under Obama and Trump: The Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency
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The much-heralded use of data, analytics, and evidence-based decisions marks the U.S. presidencies of Obama and Trump.
| creator | Trish, Barbara (Faculty/Staff) |
| Title | Big Data under Obama and Trump: The Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency |
| Alternative Title | Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency |
| supporting host | Grinnell College. Political Science |
| Index Date | 2018 |
| Date Issued | 21-Nov-2018 |
| Date (Other) | 21-Nov-2018 |
| Publisher | Grinnell College |
| Genre | Essays |
| Digital Origin | born digital |
| Extent | 10 pages |
| Media Type | application/pdf |
| note | The much-heralded use of data, analytics, and evidence-based decisions marks the U.S. presidency, wherein many processes and decisions are structured by the analysis of data. An approach with historical precedent, reliance on data was prominent under Obama, and is even under Trump, despite signals to the contrary. This article examines three cases from the Obama era: microtargeting in electoral campaigns, performance management in government, and signature drone strikes employed by the national security apparatus. It also reflects on the early Trump administration. The processes described are highly dependent on data, technically big data in two instances. The article examines the cases both on their own terms and in the context of a critical lens that directs attention to the political economy of the data. The analysis helps unpack the allure of data and analytics as well as the challenges in structuring an environment with a measured approach to data and big data, which would examine both their potential and drawback. |
| citation/reference | Trish, B. (2018). Big Data under Obama and Trump: The Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency. Politics and Governance, 6(4), 29-39. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1565 |
| Language | English |
| Topic | Big data |
| Topic | Political aspects |
| Topic | Decision making |
| Geographic | United States |
| Temporal | Two thousand tens |
| Temporal | Two thousands (Decade) |
| Classification | JF1048 |
| Related Item | Faculty Scholarship |
| Related Item | Scholarship at Grinnell |
| Related Item | Digital Grinnell |
| Identifier (hdl) | http://hdl.handle.net/11084/26654 |
| Identifier (u1) | trish |
| Identifier (u2) | POL |
| Identifier (local) | grinnell:26654 |
| Access Condition | Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.). |
| Type of Resource | text |