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Religion, the Election, and the Media
By
Welton Gaddy
The Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life have published a report that confirms my suspicions about the use of religion on the campaign trail. The study found that we are in the midst of an election for a Pastor-in-Chief rather than a Commander-in-Chief. An analysis…
Text Messengers: Get Out And Vote!
By
Lama Surya Das
To all Text Messengers: Help get out the vote in the upcoming presidential election. In Korea, text messages sent to millions of cell phones significantly influenced a national election; Switzerland too is experimenting with direct communication to the Thumb Generation. If millions of committed Boomers joined with the TextGen (text message generation), we could create…
Detailing The Anti-Christ Imagery in the Obama Ad
By
Paul Raushenbush
The Elaison Group has written a detailed memo going through the imagery in the McCain ad designed, they argue, to intentionally imply that Obama is the anti-Christ
Class Discrimination
By
Ray Flynn
The mere mention of being accused of playing the “race card” is the third rail of American politics. Your campaign can come to a screeching halt if it is even implied that a candidate is invoking race. However, the “race card” can be used effectively by a candidate. It can invoke intense sympathy and…
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