Presidential debate

People argue television has increased awareness of politics to create more fair and accessible elections. However, I think TV has had a negative impact on politics because it promotes a superficial image of candidates and provides dumbed down content mainly to boost a TV station's ratings. Television promotes candidates’ image over their policies. Instead of the candidates discussing what they are going to do for the country, they simply argue why they are better than each other. The candidates being

Give it to FOX News for giving the American people the most entertaining and informative debate every broadcast on national TV. Thursday double-header of debates gave the American people something to talk about for the weeks to come. From who won, to the entertainment of exchanges and questions, FOX reminded everyone that these 17 candidates are running for the highest office in the land and our future is in stake. However, some people don’t feel this way. Some are mad at FOX performance, the questions

Too many times in my life have I started a discussion with someone, but wished to end it after only a couple of minutes. Whether it be on the forums of Reddit or in real life, people tend to get hostile when you offer up a differing opinion. The discussion may start civilly, but it often devolves into name calling and childish insults about the other person’s intelligence. In doing so, the discussion has essentially been ruined, as it now has more to do with winning over the other person, than it

to use this debate segment as a model for the ways in which our society treats men and women differently. It is unfair how we let men get away with things women would be and have been crucified in the media

this is like, just imagine that you're talking to someone, perhaps one of your friends. You have a stance on a subject that you are really passionate about and discuss it with them, although they don't seem to agree with your opinion. It turns into a debate, but at least it's still civil. As you're trying to make a point, you get interrupted by your friend who makes an opposing argument that you could have cleared up if they had let you finish. It's fine at first, you are allowed to finish up your sentence

experience to watch vice presidential debates as it was different from presidential debates. Also, was engaging to see what will be different from presidents to vice presidents. As I watched vice president debates after third presidential debate, I can say that topics were same. They were discussing topics about immigration, Syria, Russia, economy and education. I did not like that vice presidents interrupted each other a lot of times, but overall, it was a very cognitive and open debate. The first topic

In the society we live today we surround ourselves with positivity and negativity. The stuff that is happening today are they getting better or worse? Based on the article “Taking a ‘War of Words’ Too Literally”, by Deborah Tannen, she defines the new norm of our society “the argument culture”. Tannen discusses her experiences and states that we are more confrontational and less open to others. In the article “Taking a ‘War of Words’ Too Literally”, Deborah Tannen defines “argument culture”, as

It was in a brainstorming situation that I discovered the topic of discussion I wanted to hear a convincing opposition against. I knew that choosing something more controversial would garner a greater opposition, but at the same time, I wanted to avoid topics that seemed almost too commonplace in assignments like this. With that in mind, I decided to hear out the opposition against my view of the inhumanity of solitary confinement. The person with whom I discussed, who will be referred to as Person

on threads of topics and questions that interested them and other members. My main interest of this ethnography is why members and visitors of the Craigslist politics world forum specifically use this digital community to discuss the upcoming US presidential election when there are many different outlets for this discussion. By actively checking the updating forum and older threads, I hoped to get a better understanding for why the contributors discuss this topic in great lengths. My research

Do public debates help or hurt candidate success in US presidential elections? The date was September 26 1960, at exactly 7:30 p.m., somewhat an unfamiliar young and Catholic Senator from Massachusetts was about to change the world. One of the most unusual points on the timeline of history where things changed very drastically all in a single night, was about to change the political domain and of course the world. Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon was about to partake on an