Victor Ramirez 4/12/12 COM-126 Agenda Setting in the Media In 2008 Political front runner Barack Obama won the presidential election. During this time‚ America had swayed into a recession which the economy suffered massive cutbacks and drowning in debt. America was also at war currently with Iraq which stirred up many other problematic issues to come about during this year. The media was and still is the main door way to the public to address these issues. The agenda setting function during
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Introduction Each year billions of dollars are spent on getting candidates of various offices of government elected. Many candidates have had tremendous success through the efforts of much needed monetary contributions to their campaign. Contributors range from unions‚ religious leaders‚ organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD)‚ the National Rifle Association (NRA)‚ and senior citizens groups. When these groups‚ known as special interest groups‚ donate to candidate’s campaign‚
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campaign ads. That is why it would be beneficial to them to try and accomplish multiple goals in one ad. The first purpose of a campaign ad is to extol the candidate and their virtues. Looking at the 2008 campaign of Barack Obama and John McCain‚ Obama had to reassure the American public of all of his many virtues and why he was qualified to lead this country. He overcame many hurdles and obstacles like any other candidate would have to in order to gain trust‚ but for him he also had to
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hole” that exists at Guantanamo Bay and concern over interrogation techniques and torture. In the latter years of his presidency‚ George W. Bush stated his desire to eventually close the detention facility. In addition‚ both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama pledged to close the facility if elected. After winning the election‚ President Barack Obama stated that closing Guantanamo Bay was a top priority for his administration.3 Obviously‚ this initiative will please many and upset others
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A 1. Give an outline of the various views on serving in the army presented in the three texts. Text 1 is about Sarah Palin giving her opinion on why young people in America should be motivated to join the army. Her own son enlisted himself‚ and she uses him as an example. In the text she elaborates on‚ “[…] they are doing much more than defending a piece of land. They are defending the idea of America itself”. Text 2 is about Ryan Kahlor. Today‚ the two combat tours in Iraq defines who
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involved in American politics. Sara Palin has “been very savvy in appealing to women to broaden her base.” (Anne Leary.) Sara Palin’s role in American politics has caused her to get woman active in American politics. During the election against John McCain and Barack Obama‚ due to Sara Palin’s role with McCain’s campaign Obama lost “college-educated women and a big number of Tea Party leadership woman as well.” (Anne Leary.) Worry about debt and the implications for the next generation drew woman
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FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)‚ embodies the bias in media that is found on today’s cable news networks. The same thing held true for the 2008 elections and McCain’s favoritism in the media; Fox News Channel was definitely on the side of McCain. I think that the shift
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What makes an underdog Most of people love a scrappy underdog which is one of the characters in Harry Potter. And both Barack Obama and John McCain positioned themselves as underdogs in the 2008 U.S presidential elections. Brands‚ too‚ can profit from this positioning. But why the underdog is so popular in the world? First of all‚ the Harry Potter is a great advertisement of the underdog. The series books Harry Potter was published in the year 1995. After the published‚ the Harry Potter become
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or export of tobacco products. In 1998‚ Congress expanded the prohibition on US government aid to tobacco abroad with an amendment to an appropriations bill for the Commerce‚ State‚ and Justice departments named the Doggett Amendment. Senator John McCain is quoted as saying‚ “It bothers me that we want to stop American kids from smoking‚ yet we don’t seem to have the same degree of concern about Asian or African kids.” This statement drives home the sentiment against the country supporting tobacco
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historical event‚ but the elections on November 4 2008 were seen as even more important than ever before. In America there are two major political parties‚ the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain with 365 electoral votes to McCain’s 173. The 2008 elections were the first time an African American was elected president and the voter turnout for the election was the highest in over 40 years. Another reason for this election being seen as an
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