News from the Annenberg School for Communication
October 9, 2012
In this issue:
The 2012 campaign: Annenberg checks in
FactCheck and FlackCheck in the news
The 2012 campaign: Annenberg checks in
The Annenberg School for Communication, in particular FactCheck and FlackCheck, continue to be “go to” sources for news about the 2012 campaign:
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, was interviewed by Marketplace Tech report on the change ways in which people follow presidential debates.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was quoted in numerous stories, including:
Time Magazine, referring back to the National Press Club fact-check event:
http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/03/blue-truth-red-truth/
A contribution to a blog in The New York Times opinion pages about how post-debate reporting can be improved.
Science News – story about using social media, Twitter in particular, for spreading news (true or false) during a political campaign.
The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, for a story about substance in negative political advertising.
The National Journal talked to Prof. Jamieson about expectations and predictions for this week’s vice presidential debate.
Minnesota Public Radio, explaining how FlackCheck examines the question of whether Lincoln could be elected today given today’s political campaign tactics.
The Associated Press for a post presidential debate analysis.
FactCheck.org and FlackCheck.org in the news
AARPBlog.com, October 1.
National Public Radio, October 3.
TechNewsDaily.com, October 3.
BillMoyers.com, October 3.
National Public Radio, October 4.
Huffington Post, October 4.
CBS New York, October 4.
WHYY NewsWorks, October 4.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), October 4.
Bloomberg.com, October 4.
The Associated Press, October 4.
The Daily Pennsylvanian, October 4.
MTV.com, October 4.
The New York Times, October 5.
The San Antonio Express-News, October 6.
The Columbus Dispatch, October 8.
A discussion of the challenges and issues surrounding the “writing life” of every graduate student.
Kevin Gotkin to present at SHOT conference in Copenhagen.
October 10 – Graduate students present their findings and experiences during SummerCulture 2012, noon in Room 500.
October 12 – Noon time colloquium by Clara E. Rodriguez, noon in Room 500.
October 12 – Lecture by Prof. Guobin Yang, 3 p.m. at Temple University.
October 18 – Book talk by Carlin Romano, 6 p.m. at the Penn Book Center, 130, S. 34th Street.
October 19 – Noon time colloquium by Elizabeth Suhay, noon in Room 500.
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