March 2012
7 posts
Coming to a Small Screen Near You
By: Jordan Michalik
In his book The Performance of Politics, Jeffery Alexander discusses the idea that everything political actors do is a performance. Political actors, which I will use in a broad sense to include people involved in social movements and interest groups, perform on many more stages today than they did 10 years ago. Performances continue to take place on traditional stages like...
Should three Republican candidates "bow out"?
By Britton Alexander
At this point in the race, there are still four Republican Party candidates with two who are heatedly competing for the nomination. But as the November election draws closer, many republicans are asking for some party unity. An article published by the New York Times on 25 March 2012 discussed this intraparty problem, claiming Santorum refuses to bow out at a time when the...
Post Primary Moderation not enough to win back...
By Kasey El-Chayeb
Mitt Romney has been heavily criticized by Latino voters for his very conservative stance on immigration and his comments praising the Arizona’s immigration law, calling it a model for the country. While far right conservatives may not be unhappy with these comments, some Hispanic voters and moderates Romney may have hoped to gain in the general election if he wins the...
Political advertising in its richest moment
By Sonia Alvarez
Political advertising is considered one of the main tools in American elections. Parties spend huge amounts of money on all kinds of ads, and people pay attention to them and their messages. There have been several studies done on the impact and the style of political advertising in most countries of the world, and the United States is always first in its development. Political...
Targeting Women Voters
In this election cycle, it’s become increasingly clear that one demographic will continue to remain invaluable from now until November: women voters. Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have both been targeting the demographic throughout the primaries, but it isn’t just the Republican contenders who are eager to swing support their way. Obama’s re-election campaign has also launched an...
N.C. "Double Bunking" altering local elections
This semester I began learning more about the N.C. State legislature by working with State Senator Ellie Kinnaird. North Carolina will hold primary elections for State Senate May 8, with the General Election scheduled for November 6. Kinnaird represents Chatham and Orange counties in the upcoming elections, but this is a fairly new development. The 23rd district included Orange and Pearson...
Find Good Research, Free
I recently spoke to Daniel Kreiss’ JOMC 244 class: Talk Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication, and I created this library resource guide for further research.
My presentation had two goals:
Show researchers how to improve search terms to generate more relevant
Show researchers how to access free resources for finding scholarly & newspaper articles.
I’d like to...
