LAST UPDATE -- September 15, 2008

 

POL 307 "Political Language & Communication"

Tues. & Thurs., 9:25-10:45 AM

Wimberly Hall Room 312

McDougal

Fall 2008


LINKS TO CLASSROOM MATERIAL

Our Topic [ppt]

Opening Survey [doc]

Faces

More on Images & Icon [ppt]

On Narrative Discourse [ppt]

Nigel Spivey, "The Art of Persuasion", in How Art Made the World (DVD)

N5300.H69 2000

Introduction to "Spin" [ppt]

Concepts for First Exam [doc]

Lyrics to "Time for Some Campaigning" [doc]


Video Samples

September 11:

"Daisy Girl Ad" (Johnson, I-Dem, 1964)

A Tribute in Song (Stevenson, Dem, 1952) -- Unavailable --  CLICK HERE to download Lyrics [doc]

Nineteen Eighty-Four Themes:

Adams Anti-Partisan Version

Hillary Clinton Version

Barack Obama Version

September 30:

The First One

IDEAL WORLD ADS

"Morning in America" (Reagan, I-Rep, 1984)

The World Around Us (Bush, Rep, 1992)

Untitled (Clinton, Dem, 1992)

"Dreams" (Clinton, Dem, 2008)

"Love" -- "Purpose" (McCain, Rep, 2008)

"Who is Mike Huckabee?" (Rep, 2008)

"Join Us" (Obama, Dem, 2008)

THREAT-ASSURANCE ADS

"Willie Horton" (Bush, Rep, 1988)

"Read His Lips" (Clinton, 1992)

"Words" (McCain, Rep, 2008)

"Nothing's Changed" (Obama, Dem, 2008)

"Passed Over" (McCain, Pre, 2008)

"New Energy" (Obama, 2008)

"Change That Works for Him" (McCain, 2008)


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Originally Posted: 8/25/08