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    From a young age, I knew that I was interested in public speaking and the crafting of messages that the audience would be able to learn from. After joining the Army at 18 and choosing a degree in communication, it was clear to me that my two favorite things would overlap in the future, to bring me the career of my dreams. After graduating college with a degree in Organizational and Professional communication and with a minor in Advocacy in Criticism, I am committed to serve in the Army full time

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    the negative commercials over the positive. The campaigns are suppose to educate us and negative campaigns is not a good way to do that. The positive campaigns are the ones that should educate us. Positive campaigns promote “the will of the people.” The “will of the people” want trust, security, someone they can relate to. But with positive campaigns there is a drawback, it costs more money. Now you have those people who want to reform campaign finance. They feel we already spend too much money

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    org/stable/439854. Biersack, R., Herrnson, P., and Wilcox, C., are political scientist who have written extensively on the subject of campaign finance. Together, they have also co-authored, A Risky Business? PAC Decisionmaking in Congressional Elections. In this particular article, featured in Legislative Studies Quarterly, a question is posed: is money raised early in the campaign more valuable than money raised late in the campaign? In, Seeds for Success: Early Money in Congressional Elections, Biersack

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    message is one that has been debated tirelessly since the dawn of technology. The influence of television in politics is one with strong advocates and opponents. There have been many studies and investigations into the effects of technology on the political world, and yet no conclusive evidence has come forth. (Rannay, 1985, p. 3) Despite this, it is no

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    1960 Presidential Debate

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    Discuss the political impact of television and the new “social media”. Political impact of television, In 1960 Presidential Debate between Republican Vice President Richard Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy was the first to be televised. “Television gave elected officials and candidates for office and unprecedented way to speak directly to millions, face-to-face”. The increasingly negative tone of ads and political commentary has driven many to abandon interest in politics. Television

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    Political ads can be viewed as annoying, excessive, biased, and unnecessary. This opinion is shared among many people within America with many wanting all ads to stop entirely. Now, are these ads truly needed or are they just to make a candidate look good? Certain strategies used in political campaigns can be confusing and frustrating. However, they can also help bring people together to discuss their opinions and beliefs in order to decide who to support. Political ads can encourage people to come

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    those who are on and off social media, as a result of increasing number of politicians using this global platform to their maximum advantage. Referred to as the “Facebook election” the 2008 US presidential election, and the lesser-known 2007 election campaign of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, dubbed 'Kevin 07 ', set a precedent as to how one could use the dynamic and ever-growing platform of social media to their electoral advantage. It is pertinent to note that Chris Hughes, one of the co-founders

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    Twitter and Facebook have amassed an audience of millions and heavily influence culture and dialect in the U.S. Political speech, which uses propaganda, has become a tool for social media platforms. Recently, elections largely relied on media platforms to campaign and permeated social media language, because they were over publicized and indoctrinated into people’s mind. American political speech is unethical because it uses propaganda such as silencing, double speak and slanting, which has affected

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    The Last Hurrah Analysis

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    chosen to compare and contrast are The Campaign, and The Last Hurrah. In some cases, the goal may be small but in the movies I chose, the goal was in fact being elected so it was pretty large. There are many different types of campaigns and each one has a different outcome. Some of the outcomes may be positive and others will be negative, it’s all about the approach in a tough election. Even though Campaigning may mean capitalism, Different types of campaigns reach out to potential voters and In person

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    many countries, with leaders amassing power through corrupt and underhand methods, especially in Africa, this is not the case of the same monetary influence witnessed in America. The conventions of the U.S.A raise a lot of money in preparation for campaigns and elections to constitute a good number of representatives. The paper, therefore, looks at the effect of money in the recently concluded elections of the Congress, giving a deeper view of the 113th and 114th Congress election of the two major conventions

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