You have seen them on TV around election time political ads, one after another, bombarding you with the accomplishments of one candidate and the dirt on another. Knowing what to believe and what to dismiss as mere drivel can be difficult. It is easy to believe thing that are stated as fact. For example, in a recent television political ads, supporters of Superintendent Thornton Campbell suggested that he should be elected superintendent of Lowrence County. The political ad offered support by reviewing campbell’s past record as superintendent of neighboring Downs county. Apparently, test scores in this county went up by 43%. The ad suggest, then that if Campbell were elected superintendent of Lowrence county, their test score would improves as well. Although the ad state a positive statistic, it does not provide enough information …show more content…
The ad assume that the improvement in test scores is a direct result of Campbell’s efforts; however there are other factors that could have played a vital role in the higher scores. For example, perhaps the test has changed. Standardized test are under continual revision. Revision over a number of years could result in higher scores as under adapt to the test. This improvement could have coincidently corresponded with Campbell’s term as superintendent of Down’s county school making it seem as though it was a result of Campbell’s service as superintendent.
Even if the ad did prove that the improved test scores at Downs county were a direct result of Campbell’s work, it assume that he can duplicate the result in a different county. The most significant element of any county is its people. There is no mention of the population that makes up each county. For example, suppose Lawrence county is more ethnically diverse thn Downs county. Campbell’s strengths may not lie in dealing with a diverse student body and work staff; he may not be as successful in such a
“Entrance to school brings with it forms and releases and assessments. Mercy relied on a series of tests, mostly the Stanford-Binet, for placement, and somehow the results of my tests got confused with those of another student named Rose. The other
To address this question, data was collected as to the length of the superintendent tenure in each of the eighteen districts studied along with the test data for sixth grade students in each of the districts (See Table Seven).
Postulate 3: Fred’s district is follows this because they are considering several sources of data before reevaluating (pg. 85). Fred’s teacher filled out a Teacher Rating Scale and they are going to re-test him before consideration. They are also allowing students in their district to be considered during different points in their school careers (p85). Fred was not identified in second grade, but they are beginning the process for him to be considered two years later.
The “Daisy” ad was a political ad that aired during the 1964 presidential race between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater. The “Daisy” ad was produced by Johnson’s campaign and showed a young girl in a field with a daisy and then a nuclear explosion. After airing only once, it was pulled off the air due to it being viewed as very controversial. This ad was the first that played on fear and never even mentioned Goldwater’s name. Although it was pulled off the air the ad experienced ad amplification as news stations produced multiple stories on it causing it to play repeatedly when they showed
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Understudy accomplishment falls simply over the state normal, and he perceives that the new rural population expects a larger amount of scholastic perfection than the region has generally advertised. While in the past the advising staff was fulfilled to just get kids a high school confirmation by satisfying the base prerequisites, the requirements of the understudies are never again being met by this approach. Tim trusts that his understudies, in all cases, are able to do considerably more than has been asked of them, and he and Superintendent Stamp Scott, an old training mate, would like to utilize the entry of the suburbanites to increment the scholastic accomplishment of the whole school group (Huddleston, 2014)
I am Finn Walter I am attending Estrella Foothills High school. It is my first year attending the school. I am writing to you about your campaign. I have looked through some of your interviews and I have looked at one of your campaign posters. And I have some suggestion that might help reach out to younger voters.
It is very common among the United States’ political sphere to rely heavily on T.V. commercials during election season; this is after all the most effective way to spread a message to millions of voters in order to gain their support. The presidential election of 2008 was not the exception; candidates and interest groups spent 2.6 billion dollars on advertising that year from which 2 billion were used exclusively for broadcast television (Seelye 2008.) Although the effectiveness of these advertisements is relatively small compared to the money spent on them (Liasson 2012), it is important for American voters to think critically about the information and arguments presented by these ads. An analysis of the rhetoric in four of the political
Wheelan argues that statistics, depending on the metrics used, can be framed to draw support for some corporate, political, or otherwise self-serving cause. In one of Wheelan’s examples (2013), he depicts two hypothetical United States political opponents: one who claims that the majority of states have had falling incomes, and another who claims that 70 percent of Americans have had rising incomes (pp. 81-82). Though these statements are not mutually exclusive, they give two contrasting impressions of the American economy—one of weakness and one of strength. Regardless of which metric more accurately describes the economy, either claim could lure in voters, who may lack the context needed to evaluate the claim. This tactic, the use of true statements in support of a dubious claim, is particularly relevant in the 2016
In “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds”, written by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker staff writer explains significance of the well-known psychological phenomenon: confirmation bias. As its name implies, confirmation bias is “the tendency people have to embrace information that supports their beliefs and reject information that contradicts them” (Kolbert 4). The first section of the article is served as a simple introduction to the article with studies proving “facts don’t change our minds.” In both studies, contestants were tricked into believing deceptive information.
This ad is an issue oriented ad launched by John Kerry’s Campaign Team. This ad was aimed to inform the American people of John Kerry’s future plans to strength national security and build a stronger Nation. The shows John Kerry appearing in person as if he was responding to a series of questions by a correspondent. There was an effective use of the in person image, it gave a personal appeal and message to the intended audience of, “this is what I would do”.
In the 2004 presidential ad campaigns between presidential candidates Kerry and Bush used a combination of mud slinging and fluffy promotion. I choose to watch several of the ad campaigns between Kerry and Bush. I noted Operation Iraqi Freedom and the War on Terror where in high swing during this particular election year.
Craig Allen Smith’s 2015 update of Presidential Campaign Communication details every aspect of a Presidential campaign from start to finish. Taking into account the trialogue between campaigners, reporters, and citizens, the roles each of them play differ, but come down to the citizen. The citizen is exposed to campaign ads, candidate appearances while they try and weed through the information in order to make a decision on their political beliefs. Campaigners have a different agenda because they most surface, gain their parties nomination, bring the party together of the primary season, and then go on to win the electoral college with 270 votes or more. The third and final part of this ‘trialogue’ are the reporters, which can be on any platform that his an audience.
Since 1952, television has played a major role in presidential elections. Television allows candidates to reach a broad number of people, and personalities, to help push along their campaigns. Campaigns help the candidates just as much as the voters. The candidates get to be identified, and known to the voters, and the voters get to hear and see how a specific candidate identifies with their needs and wants. The best way to get this information out there is through the most used form of media, television.
In this hypothesis, the logic presented is that, the more a politician can spend on his campaign, the more his name and ideas will get out to the public; therefore the greater his chance of being elected. The independent variable is the amount a politician spends on his campaign which affects the dependent variable, the greater the chance he has of being elected. When a politician’s name is presented often through means of television ads or signs, the more likely his constituents are to remember his name come Election Day. This increases his chance being elected over an opponent who is unknown