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Faith, Fun, and Futuramas

3rd Annual Pre-APSA Conference on Political Communication

Wednesday, September 1, 2004

 

Departments of Communication & Political Science                      Political Communication Division

University of Illinois, Chicago                                                American Political Science Association

 

 

Program

 

1:00 – 2:20 pm  Faith Roundtable: The Hidden Hand of Religion in American Politics

Rm B-102         Moderator: Andrew Rojecki, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        Participants:

                        Sam Cherribi, Emory University

                        John Corrigan, Florida State University

                        Sam Fleischacker, University of Illinois, Chicago

                        Philip Goff, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, IUPUI

                        Paul J. Griffiths, University of Illinois, Chicago

                        Pippa Norris, Harvard University

                           

 

                       

 Rm 1169          Fun Panel I: Youth and Humor

                        Chair: Kevin G. Barnhurst, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        “Voters of the Future: How Today's Youngest Citizens Will Change American Elections.”

                        Molly Andolina, DePaul University and Krista Jenkins, Fairleigh Dickinson University
                           
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                        “Quips, Jokes, and Power: Humor as Weapon in Presidential Campaigns.”

                        Michael A. Krasner, Queens College, City University of New York

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                        “The Daily Show and the Redefinition of Political Journalism.”

                        Geoffrey Baym, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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                        “Comedy or News? Viewer Processing of Political News from ‘The Daily Show.’”

                        Ross Chanin and Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania

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Rm 1171           Futurama Panel: 2004 Campaigning Styles--Where Are We Heading?

                        Chair: Jerrold Rusk, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        “e-Organization--The Role of Online Organization in the 2004 Iowa Caucuses.”

                        C. Clayton Hull, Georgetown University

 

                        “The Real Lessons of Howard Dean.”

                        Matthew Hindman, Princeton University

 

                        “What They Did Online: Campaign e-mail in the 2004 Presidential Nominating Contest.”

                        Joongsik Kim and Michael Margolis, University of Cincinnati

 

                        Hyperlinking, Blogging, and Fundraising.”

                        Andrew Paul Williams and Lynda Lee Kaid, with Kaye D. Trammell, Justin Martin, and Monica Postelnicu, University of Florida, Gainesville

 


 

2:30 – 3:50 pm  Futurama Roundtable: Election 2008—What’s in the Cards?

Rm B-102         Moderator: Doris Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        Participants:

                        Dean Alger, Moorhead University

                        Scott Althaus, University of Illinois, Urbana

                        Stephen Farnsworth, Mary Washington College

                        Diana Owen, Georgetown University

                        Thomas Patterson, Harvard University

                        Michael Traugott, University of Michigan

           

                       

Rm 1169           Fun Panel II: Advertising & Emotion

                        Chair: Paula Cobo, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        “The Double-Edged Sword of Anxiety in Campaign Advertisements.”

                        Ronald Holbrook, Ohio State University

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                        “Iowa 2004: A Touching Campaign.”

                        Bob Boynton, University of Iowa

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                        “Spotting the Running Men: Political Advertising in the 2003 California Recall Election.”

                        Costas Panagopoulos, New York University

 

                       

 

 

Rm 1711           Panel: What We Learned from the 2000 Election

                        Chair: Jennifer Diaz, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

                        “Partisanship, Political Communication, and Economic Voting in the 2000 Presidential Election.”

                        Erika Franklin Fowler and Stacey Pelika, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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                        “Trends in Voter Policy Preferences During the 2000 Presidential Election and Issue Coverage in Media Content.”

                        Dannagal Goldthwaite Young and Kate Kenski, University of Pennsylvania

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                        Discussant: Patricia Phalen, George Washington University

 

 

4:00 – 5:20 pm  Fun Roundtable: Is He a Presidential Candidate, or Does He just Play One on “The Letterman Show”: The Eroding Distinction Between News and Entertainment in the 2004 Election

Rm B-102         Moderator: Bruce A. Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

                        Participants:

                        Michael delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania

                        Bruce A. Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

                        Matthew Baum, University of California, Los Angeles

                        Robert Entman, North Carolina State University

                        Joseph Turow, University of Pennsylvania

 
Rm 1169           Faith Panel: Religion and Political Discourse

Chair: Michael Vari, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

“The De-Europeanization of American Christianity.”

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

“Free Market Theology: Christianity and Tax Policy.”

David Madland, Georgetown University

 

“Gay Marriage, Guns, and Butter: The Roots of Religious Cleavage in American Politics.”

Pippa Norris, Harvard University, and Ronald Ingelhart, University of Michigan

God, guns, and gays:  Religion and Politics in the U.S. and Western Europe (.pdf)

 

                        Discussant: Laura R. Olson, Clemson University

 

                       

 

Rm 1171           Panel: Elections in Comparative Perspective

                        Chair: Holli A. Semetko, Emory University

 

                        “Framing Election Outcomes: Indicators from the Media, Politicians and the Public.”

                        Jacob Shamir and Tamir Sheafer, Hebrew University, and Michal Shamir, Tel-Aviv University

 

                        “The Contingent Nature of Agenda-setting: Different Agenda-Setting Dynamics in Election and Non-Election Times?”

                        Stefaan Walgrave and Peter Van Aelst, University of Antwerp

                                The Mass Media's Agenda Setting Power

 

                        “Political Communication and Party Development: The Case of Mexico.”

                        Yomara Guerra Aguijosa, Georgetown University

 

                        “Political Campaigning in the Enlarged Europe: Party Strategies in the June 2004 European Parliament Elections.”

                        Sam Cherribi and Hubert Tworzecki, Emory University

                             Political Campaigning in the Enlarged Europe

 

5:30 – 7:00 pm  Reception

                        Dean’s Room