Hillary Clinton Gender
In order to fulfill the Senior Project requirement for the Communication department, our team proposes to produce a thesis in the form of a short documentary. In the following paper, we will discuss the topic we would like to investigate as well as its significance to our prospective audience members. Our proposal also considers the resources needed to create a compelling and educative video and the methods we choose to execute to elicit the information to produce a successful documentary and Senior Project.
For the topic of our documentary, we will be studying if negative social media posts towards Hillary Clinton/women in general are considered acceptable because of how Donald Trump/other male politicians speak disrespectfully towards …show more content…
A 2016 study by Romaniuk looked at the impact that gender had on public discourse as well as the ways the media talked about Hillary Clinton during her failed attempt at winning the 2008 presidential democratic bid. The study examined the words, and the connotations of those words, used to describe her, such as her laugh being commonly described as a “cackle” by the media. This study is clearly relevant as Hillary Clinton is the topic of our study in the now 2016 presidential campaign, and her gender is still a point of contention in public discourse today, eight years …show more content…
“Going negative” is one political strategy that has been utilized for many past elections and recent research scrutinizes the role social media plays in negative as well as defensive campaign strategies. According to some researchers, candidates have more freedom to speak about issues that are important to their political platform with the use of social media than if they had to wait for an ad on the television or radio. By using social media to advertise for their platform they have more access to younger potential voters who have historically been absent from the polls on election day. In fact, Straus, et al. (2013 and Serazio (2014) found in their research that social media allows the politicians to speak directly to their constituents and discuss issues that are important to their potential
For the topic of our documentary, we will be studying if negative social media posts towards Hillary Clinton/women in general are considered acceptable because of how Donald Trump/other male politicians speak disrespectfully towards …show more content…
A 2016 study by Romaniuk looked at the impact that gender had on public discourse as well as the ways the media talked about Hillary Clinton during her failed attempt at winning the 2008 presidential democratic bid. The study examined the words, and the connotations of those words, used to describe her, such as her laugh being commonly described as a “cackle” by the media. This study is clearly relevant as Hillary Clinton is the topic of our study in the now 2016 presidential campaign, and her gender is still a point of contention in public discourse today, eight years …show more content…
“Going negative” is one political strategy that has been utilized for many past elections and recent research scrutinizes the role social media plays in negative as well as defensive campaign strategies. According to some researchers, candidates have more freedom to speak about issues that are important to their political platform with the use of social media than if they had to wait for an ad on the television or radio. By using social media to advertise for their platform they have more access to younger potential voters who have historically been absent from the polls on election day. In fact, Straus, et al. (2013 and Serazio (2014) found in their research that social media allows the politicians to speak directly to their constituents and discuss issues that are important to their potential