The news media have significant influence on the formation of public opinion. Called the agenda-setting role of the media, this influence occurs at three levels. Focusing public attention on a select few issues or other topics at any moment is level one. Emphasizing specific attributes of those issues or topics is level two. The Power […]
The graduate students of Boston University’s Division of Emerging Media Studies invite abstracts for their second annual Conference on Emerging Media. #Screentime aims to explore the social, emotional, and civic implications of today’s media landscape. Social forces and technological elements are driving changes in this developing field of study.This conference is an opportunity to bridge […]
Drawing on a decade of their own research from the 2000 to 2012 U.S. presidential elections, Renita Coleman and Denis Wu explore the image presentation of political candidates and its influence at both aggregate and individual levels. When facing complex political decisions, voters often rely on gut feelings and first impressions but then endeavor to […]
CRC research fellows presented the following research at the 2016 ICA conference in Fukuoka, Japan: Breuer, A. & Groshek, J. Assessing the potential of ICTs for participatory development in Sub-Saharan Africa with evidence from urban Togo. To be presented in the “Globalization and Digital Media: Implications for Social Change” session in the Global Communication and […]
Dr. Edward Downes will present “Four (Powerful) Questions About the U.S. House of Representatives’ Communication Mangers (And a Dirty Little Secret)” at the 2016 International Conference on Communication, Media, and Technology in Zagreb, Croatia. Dr. Edward Downes will present “The History of the Adoption and Diffusion of New Media—With a Public Relations Emphasis—and a Congressional Focus” at the 2016 International History of Public Relations […]
Tammy Vigil‘s new book, Connecting with Constituents, explores speeches delivered at national nominating conventions from historic, strategic, and analytic perspectives. Focusing on the strategies speakers use to appeal to particular facets of the American audience, this book illustrates the importance of nominating conventions as part of an ongoing national conversation about the political character of […]