Our ambitious task for the evening:
A historical and quasi-contemporary look at campaign use of technology, beginning with radio debates, moving on to the Kennedy-Nixon debates, and closing with the first campaign-oriented websites (1990s). Examine communication that is top-down as well as bottom-up.
Agenda:
- Overview/Housekeeping
- Guest Speaker, Joey Mornin (Facebook) and Brett Horvath (Facebook) on The Pickens Plan. Joey and Brett are examples of Howard’s “army of generals… junior people with experiential knowledge about politics and technology”
- Lecture: From Print Political Culture To Electronic: How We Got Here (ppt)
- Discussion Leaders
- Christy – Analysis of Negative Political Advertising and Negative Campaign Advertising (stand alone site)
- Ian – Political information markets and how NOT to listen to Tucker Carlson
- General Discussion
- Time For Project Work
Kennedy-Nixon Debate
Archive.org has a 16 minute clip that contains excerpts from the debate.
Carter-Reagan
TV Amplification
Dean Scream – full
Dean Scream – not full
Dean Scream – filmed from the crowd
Political Commercials
The Modern-Day AstroTurf Campaign?
Q: If we can identify astroturf campaigns, why are they still effective (or are they)?
Odds & Ends
Kathy, I want to read/see the doc, on the eReserve Week 8 I beieve : Putting Commmunity Back into Community Networks: A Content Analysis. I cannot access it, where do I find that reading ? Thanks
Marc