(Phys.org)—As Election Day draws nearer, many people are watching the presidential debates with interest. This fall, a team of media and communication professors and students at Texas Tech University are watching the debates ...
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2012
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With the U.S. presidential debates in full swing and the election just around the corner, the world is watching, wondering which way the political winds will blow.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2012
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Viewer impressions of political candidates are heavily weighted to the content of their speech rather than the body language, a new study published in the Journal of Communication has found. The research, conducted by a trio ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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Six in 10 college students say Joe Biden outperformed Paul Ryan in Thursday's vice presidential debate, according to a nationwide poll conducted with a smartphone application developed by Professor Phil Resnik at Maryland ...
Software
Oct 15, 2012
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Alan Schroeder, a professor in the School of Journalism in the College of Arts, Media and Design and one of the nation's foremost experts on presidential debates, offers an analysis of the first of three match-ups ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A long campaign season with genuine gaffes and alleged misstatements begins its culmination with the first presidential debate. Like many citizens, linguist Geoff Pullum, a visiting professor at Brown, will be ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2012
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When President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney square off in their first debate Wednesday (Oct. 3), college students across the country will pilot test a new smartphone application that promises to make live polling ...
Software
Oct 3, 2012
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YouTube has announced it will stream the three debates between US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, along with the vice presidential debate.
Internet
Oct 2, 2012
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(Phys.org)—As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential debates, the candidates and their running mates could go medieval on their opponents by using a rhetorical technique that dates ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2012
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The presidential debates offer viewers a lot of substance about the issues of the campaign—but postdebate media coverage can undermine the value they have for voters, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2012
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