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This issue of Political Communication Report comes out as members of the section and others interested are submitting paper and panel proposals for the the upcoming APSA convention in San Francisco. Information about the conference is available on line at the APSA Web site. There are several upcoming deadlines for grants in this issue, as well as the usual slate of upcoming calls for papers and meetings. The commentary page continues our discussion about citizen engagement. Mauro Porto, of the University of California at San Diego, points to an important gap in the approaches to research on the question of public knowledge and participation. The book section opens with a full review by Víctor Sampedro of the University of Salamanca in Spain, of the book, Public Opinion, by Carroll J. Glynn of Ohio State, Susan Herbst of Northwestern, Garrett J. O'Keefe at Wisconsin – Madison, and Robert Y. Shapiro at Columbia. The review is available in Spanish as well as English. The controversies surrounding the U.S. presidential election results provide an ideal moment for considering the role of communication, especially television news, in sustaining public interest and shifting the debate over the course of the weeks following November 7. Please submit your thoughts and comments for the next issue of Political Communication Report. The joint APSA/ICA Political Communication newsletter, Political Communication Report, is published exclusively on line. Send your comments, reviews, feature articles, and notes about accomplishments, calls for papers, and meeting announcements for inclusion in the next issue by February 15, 2001. Kevin
G. Barnhurst, Editor Political Communication
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