The_Media_And_Campaigns

The Media And Campaigns The Media and Campaigns In the United States of America, there exist few things more capricious than election campaigns. Although the age to register to vote is 18, that certainly does not prohibit Americans of any age with a television in their home from exposure to the world of politics. As a child it could be the commercial intervals between your after school cartoons, advocating positively or negatively in behalf of a candidate. As an adult this same political exposure comes not only through the nightly news on television, but other facets such as talk radio, magazines, or newspapers. The questions that come to mind are: How do we as registered voters, determine who is telling the truth, and which approach to this political advertising is the most politically correct' In chapter three of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections, there are three separate articles that adumbrate the dynamic that exists between the media and political campaigns. After reading these three articles and additional resources I have gathered on the subject, it is fair to say that the general consensus in America is a distrust in politicians. With a veil of distrust towards politicians lingering political, media, candidates, campaigns, campaign, television, marketing, election, campaigning, politics, news, money, states, schudson, research, presidential, parties, often, information, general, first, elections, candidate, 1952, value, three, resources, public, politicians, paletz, own, office, negative, methods, journalists