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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Political Campaigns"”.
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Moral Psychology And Political Campaigns
… rely on different moral domains to inform their political decision making (Haidt 2012; Lakoff 1996). This project addresses the use of moral framing, language, and traits in American political campaigns. It first examines the language of campaigns to ascertain if Democratic and Republican …
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The Performance of Gender Archetypes in Political Campaigns
… contributes to our current understanding of how political candidates behave and present themselves in their political campaigns. In their efforts to connect with and gain the trust of potential voters, candidates present their personal identities through the performances of familiar archetypes …
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Barack Obama's rise to power : reinventing political campaigns
… blazing innovation that are likely to redefine political communications in the U.S and globally.
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An examination of the use of television in political campaigns
… use of television during his two presidential campaigns. Specific emphasis will be placed on Nixon’s use of television in both of the political campaigns. The final objective of this thesis is to record for future researchers one presidential candidate’s use of television, in two political …
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It's About Time: The Dynamics of Information Processing in Political Campaigns
… amounts of information at any given time, but campaigns, and thus information exposure, unfold over the course of several weeks. It follows that one fruitful avenue in exploring candidate evaluation would involve focus on how voters respond to, combine and utilize information that is …
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Playing the Christ Card: Courting Christians through Religious Appeals in Political Campaigns
… the consequences of religious communication in political campaigns. The current study fills this void through an empirical exploration of the effects of religious campaign appeals on prospective voters. Specifically, this interdisciplinary investigation develops a theoretical framework and …
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Campaign strategy in the internet age: The use and effectiveness of internet advocacy tools in American political campaigns.
… Twitter, Facebook, Email, and blogs, in American Political campaigns in order to better understand their role in the American electoral process. Data was collected through a census of political campaign professionals immediately following the 2010 Congressional elections. The results of this …
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From the Committee of 100 to the Committee to Re-Elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon
… to the Committee to Re-elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon</em> offers the reader a comprehensive biography of Richard M. Nixon through the lens of his political campaigns. This thesis illustrates how Richard Nixon became one of the fiercest campaigners in …
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Political contributions, voter turnout, and the effects of redistricting
Individual contributions to political campaigns are a significant aspect of the political process in the United States. Understanding how the political environment affects these contributions increases the understanding of what drives elections and political campaigns. One aspect of the political …
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Streetwise for book smarts : culture, community organizing, and education reform in the Bronx
… have similar goals frequently employ divergent political strategies in their campaigns. In the literature on social movement organizations, such differences are usually attributed to variations in political context, or variations in resources. This dissertation builds on currently dominant …
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A history of the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1941-1975
… of the labour movement and participated in political campaigns that occurred in the 1940s and 1950s. Through a relationship to the Communist Party in the 1940s, to the South African Congress of Trade Unions during the mid-1950s to early 1960s, the Food and Canning Workers Union reveals an …
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Dissecting frogs: The effect of humorous political advertisements on candidate evaluations
This dissertation examines the role of humor in political campaigns, with a primary focus on candidate evaluations. The use of humor by candidates in campaigns, though widespread in the political arena, has been largely ignored by mainstream political science. This neglect is unfortunate because of …
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Thinking about “US”: Liberal nationalism and political organizing in Central Iowa
… have neglected the participation of other political groups in nationalism, particularly political liberals and, more specifically, Democrats in the United States. Through content analysis, qualitative interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork, this project aims to understand the nature of …
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Corruption and political marketing: a game theoretical approach
… corrupt politician uses the resources to finance political campaigns and the bureaucrat to buy goods and services. Any illegal withdraw from the treasury diminishes the politician’s capability to improve social welfare. Politicians care about votes, bureaucrats care about money, and voters care …
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The Latino Public Sphere in Minnesota: Enacting Cultural Citizenship Through Media
This study follows the use of social media in political organizing around the Dreamer and driver's license campaigns in Minnesota from June 2012 to June 2013. The research examines a segment of the Latino public sphere in Minnesota to examine how Latinos engaged in public deliberation online. Using …
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CRIME, CRIMINALITY & SOCIAL REVOLUTION
… - he has started social uprisings, orchestrated political campaigns, toured the world as part of a lecture series and featured in several widely viewed films. Before this study, there was not a comprehensive study of the man. This research has taken into account, as much as possible, all the work …
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Post-Materialism: Its Impact on Presidential Election Year Issues, 1972-2000
… shift in cultural values and their impact on political parties, party support, and political priorities. There is congruence between the content of the two major political party platforms from 1972-2000 and the cultural priorities of party supporters as defined by their presidential vote. This …
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Social Media Campaign Strategies: A Case Study of Political Issue Framing by 2024 Presidential Candidates in Ghana
Despite extensive scholarship on social media political party strategies or intra-party-political campaigns across digital platforms, it remains relatively unexplored how individual presidential candidates adopt social media to frame their messages on key political issues for voter engagement, …
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Are Cyber Operations Having an Impact on State Electoral Processes?
… targeting politicians and their associates, political campaigns, political organizations and the broader public with political messaging. Given the novelty of these new forms of attacks, little is known of their potential impact. This thesis argues that states, state-directed actors, or …
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Collective behavior over social networks with data-driven and machine learning models
… network interventions (e.g., marketing and political campaigns), by proposing a centrality measure going beyond network structures. Third, I build a geometric deep learning model to infer individual preferences and make personalized recommendations to utilize noisy network information and …
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