Kathleen Hall Jamieson is interviewed by the national news media on the Republican presidential debates, and more: Pens, podiums and parity at candidates’ debate (Reuters, October 18) 5 things learned from GOP presidential debates (USA Today, October 18) Experts: Unclear whether use of Ohio grandma OK(CBS News, October 14) APPC’s FactCheck.org in the news: Santorum
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112th at Risk of Spike in Incivility, 5th Annenberg ’Civility in Congress’ Report Warns
The Annenberg Public Policy Center has updated the work that it produced for the 1997, 1999, and 2001 House Bipartisan Retreats. The new report’s analysis of the taking down processes from 1935-2011 identifies five parallels between the 112th and earlier “combustible” Congresses: The 112th is a turnover Congress. Incivility increased in the first sessions
APPC Scholars Honored With ICA Outstanding Book Award for The Obama Victory
National Annenberg Election Survey scholars Kate Kenski, Ph.D., Bruce Hardy, Ph.D., and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., have won the 2011 International Communication Association Outstanding Book Award for their book The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election (Oxford 2010). The award honors a book published in the previous two calendar years
APPC sponsors focus group discussion conducted by veteran pollster Peter Hart
On December 6, APPC sponsored a focus group of 12 local voters moderated by veteran pollster Peter Hart and held at the Policy Center on the University of Pennsylvania campus. During the session the group – which consisted of 10 Philadelphia-area residents who voted for Obama in 2008 but for a Republican candidate in the
