APSA Boston
Political
Communication Section
Preliminary Program
(as of July 15)
American Political Science Association
Boston, Aug. 20 – Sept. 1, 2002
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Thursday,
Aug. 29
Friday, Aug. 30
Saturday, Aug. 31
Sunday, Sept. 1
Business
Meeting, Friday, Aug.
30, 5:30 p.m.
Reception, Friday, Aug. 30, 6:30 p.m.
8:45 a.m.
38-8 The Mediated Aftermath of September 11th
38-16 Political Rhetoric During Campaigning and Governing Periods
10:45 a.m.
38-2 Media and the 2000 Presidential Election
38-15 The Color of a Thousand Words: Racializing News, Entertainment, and Politics
1:30 p.m.
38-5 Constructing News in a Changed Environment: Indexing and Event-Driven News
3:30 p.m.
38-3 Authors Meet Critics: Considering Politicians Don’t Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
38-17 Media Effects in a Comparative Perspective
38-21 Poster Colloquium: Terrorism and the Media
AP-1 Poster Session: American Politics I: Media, Communication and Public Opinion
8:45 a.m.
38-10 Election 2000: Media Effects, Populism and Infotainment
10:45 a.m.
38-12 Persuasion in Legislative and Executive Contexts
38-18 Women’s Campaign Communication: Styles, Strategies, and Reactions
1:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
38-19 The New Face of Mediated Politics: The Internet, Talk Radio, and Film
5:30 p.m. Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. Reception
8:45 a.m.
38-11 Mass Media and Politics: Western European Perspectives
10:45 a.m.
38-1 Roundtable on Student Voices: Promoting Civic Engagement in U.S. High Schools
12:00 p.m. Editorial Board Meeting
1:30 p.m.
38-6 Lessons for 2004: Roundtable on Television News and the 2000 Presidential Election
38-13 The Internet & Civic Culture
38-14 The Presidency and the Mass Media
38-20 Poster Colloquium: News and Politics
3:30 p.m.
38-7 Old and New Media in the Formation of Political Attitudes
8:45 a.m.
38-4 Media in Rapidly Changing Political Contexts: The Post-Soviet Case
38-1
Roundtable on Student Voices: Promoting Civic Engagement
in U.S. High Schools
Saturday, Aug. 31, 10:45 a.m.
Co-sponsored by 36-24 Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Chair. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
Participants
David S. Birdsell, Baruch College
Michael X. Delli Carpini, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Otto Feinstein, Wayne State University
Robert Doolittle, University of Tulsa
Roderick P. Hart, University of Texas, Austin
Susan Sherr, Rutgers University
Thomas Andrew Hollihan, University of Southern California
W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington
38-2
Media and the 2000 Presidential Election
Thursday, Aug. 29, 10:45 a.m.
Co-sponsored by 36-25 Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Chair. Tim Groeling, University of California-Los Angeles
Authors
Effects of the 2000 Presidential Campaign. Michael G. Hagen, University of Pennsylvania,
and Richard G.C. Johnston, University of British Columbia
The Dynamics of Nader Support in Election 2000. Sunshine D. Hillygus, Stanford
University
The Great National Civics Lesson? The Impact of the 2000 Election on Civic Attitudes
and Political Knowledge. Thomas M. Holbrook and Kathleen Dolan, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Gore v. Bush: Policy Issues in the 2000 Presidential Election. Stuart Elaine
Macdonald and George Rabinowitz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Discussant. Ann N. Crigler, University of Southern California
38-3 Authors
Meet Critics: Considering Politicians Don’t Pander:
Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
Thursday, Aug. 29, 3:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by 23-25 Presidency Research
Chair. Diane J. Heith, St. John’s University
Participants
Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota
Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University
James A. Morone, Brown University
Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University
Sidney Verba, Harvard University
Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University
38-4
Media in Rapidly Changing Political Contexts: The Post-Soviet
Case
Sunday, Sept. 1, 8:45 a.m.
Chair. Ellen Mickiewicz, Duke University
Authors
Institutional Structure, Norms, and Change: Old Meets New in Russian Television,
1985-1991. Laura Roselle, Elon University
The Russian Media and the Chechen War. Stephen L. White, University of Glasgow
Tuning Out Democracy: Television, Voters and Parties in Russia, 1993-2000. Sarah
A. Oates, University of Glasgow
A Model of Post-Soviet Media Control in Elections. Gillian McCormack, European
Institute for the Media
Discussant. Mark Rhodes, InterMedia
38-5
Constructing News in a Changed Environment: Indexing and
Event-Driven News
Thursday, Aug. 29, 1:30 p.m.
Chair. W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington
Co-Chair. Steven L. Livingston, George Washington University
Authors
For Whom the Ball Rolls: The Impact of Spin Strategies, News Events, and Journalistic
Norms on Nightly News about the Persian Gulf. Scott L. Althaus, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Indexing and Live-Event News: Is New Technology Altering the Construction of
News? W. Lance Bennett and Steven L. Livingston, George Washington University
Making Sense of September 11th: Indexing or Event-Driven News. Regina G. Lawrence,
Portland State University, and Thomas A. Birkland, SUNY, University at Albany
Variations in Bureaucratic Responsiveness to the News Media Over Time: US Foreign
Aid Allocations: 1960-1998. Douglas A. Van Belle, East Stroudsburg University
Discussant. John R. Zaller, University of California, Los Angeles
38-6 Lessons
for 2004: Roundtable on Television News and the 2000 Presidential Election
Saturday, Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m.
Chair. Stephen J. Farnsworth, Mary Washington College
Participants
Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard University
Marvin Kalb, Harvard University
Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia
S. Robert Lichter, Center for Media and Public Affairs
38-7
Old and New Media in the Formation of Political Attitudes
Saturday, Aug. 31, 3:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by 37-6 Public Opinion and Political Participation
Chair. Timothy Fackler, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Authors
The Effects of Strategic News on Political Cynicism, Trust, and Policy Support:
An Extended Experiment. Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam
The Internet and Citizen Dissatifaction with Democracy. Matthew Hindman, Princeton
University
Citizen Decision Making in Mediated and Non-Mediated Deliberative Settings.
Jason Barabas and Jennifer Jerit, Southern Illinois University
Political Memory:The Effects of Media Exposure and Trust in Government
David Brichoux and Mark R. Joslyn, University of Kansas
Discussant. Marion R. Just, Wellesley College
38-8
The Mediated Aftermath of September 11th
Thursday, Aug. 29, 8:45 a.m.
Chair. John S. Nelson, University of Iowa
Authors
Frame Obliteration: Bin Laden and Terrorism after September 11. Robert M. Entman,
North Carolina State University
From Behind the Lines. G. Robert Boynton, University of Iowa, and Francis A.
Beer, University of Colorado
Terror from Totalitarianism to Tinsel Town: Making Myths of Anti-Western Movements.
John S. Nelson, University of Iowa
38-9
Political Advertising in Election Campaigns
Friday, Aug. 30, 1:30 p.m.
Chair. Stephen C. Brooks, University of Akron
Authors
Political Consultants in Latin America: Their Influence and Impact on the Campaign
Political Communication Process. Ana Lucia Hill, George Washington University
Campaign Commercial Strategies in a Small State Gubernatorial Election. Valerie
R. O’Regan and Stephen J. Stambough, North Dakota State University
Opposition Research and Media Consulting Firms: Determining a Candidate’s
Campaign Strategy, 2000. Mark J. Guerrieri, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Fairness and Credibility in “Negative Political Advertising”: Results
from a Local Level Mayoral Campaign. Amy E. Jasperson, University of Texas,
San Antonio
Presidential Candidates and the Economy as an Election Issue: What is Behind
“It’s the Economy, Stupid?” Amy Carter, Vanderbilt University
Discussant. Montague Kern, Rutgers University
38-10 Election
2000: Media Effects, Populism and Infotainment
Friday, Aug. 30, 8:45 a.m.
Chair. Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University
Authors
Estimating the Demand for Election News. Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University,
and Helmut Norpoth, SUNY, Stony Brook
Gender, Knowledge, and Time of Voting Decision: An Examination of Decision Certainly
During the 2000 Presidential Campaign. Kate M. Kenski, University of Pennsylvania
Presidential Politics Goes Soft: Campaigning for President in the Infotainment
Media. Matthew A. Baum, University of California, Los Angeles
Populist Campaign Rhetoric and Strategies: Al Gore and Election 2000. Scott
D. Wells, St. Cloud State University, and David Duty, University of Oklahoma
Discussants. Tim Groeling, University of California, Los Angeles, and Rick D.
Farmer, University of Akron
38-11
Mass Media & Politics: Western European Perspectives
Saturday, Aug. 31, 8:45 a.m.
Chair. Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan
Authors
The Private Life of Politicians: New Strategies of Image Making or How the German
Media Lost Their Innocence. Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Mainz/Germany
Parliament and the News: The Print Press Coverage of Italian Parliament. Paolo
Mancini, Università di Perugia
Public Culture, Collective Self-Understandings, and Public Deliberation. Bernhard
Peters, Universität Bremen
E-Campaigning in the 2001 Italy’s Election. Sara Bentivegna, University
of Rome
No Debates Please, We’re British. Philip John Davies, De Montfort University
Discussant. Arthur Sanders, Drake University
38-12
Persuasion in Legislative and Executive Contexts
Friday, Aug. 30, 10:45 a.m.
Chair. Marilyn S. Roberts, University of Florida
Authors
Riding the Wave: The Competition of Political Actors Over Media Exposure during
Political Waves. Gadi Wolfsfeld and Tamir Sheafer, Hebrew University
Going Public in Congress: The Evolution of a Strategy. C. Danielle Vinson, Furman
University
State Candidates Language Choices as a Reflection of American Political Subcultures.
J. Cherie Strachan, SUNY, University at Albany
De-Mythologizing Franklin Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats. Elvin T. Lim, University
of Oxford
The Politics of State Legislature Websites: An Evaluation of Content and Design.
Paul Ferber, Rochester Institute of Technology
Discussant. Daniel Lipinski, University of Tennessee
38-13
The Internet & Civic Culture
Saturday, Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by 40-5 Information, Technology & Politics
Chair: Richard Davis, Brigham Young University
Authors
New Media, New Movements? The Role of the Internet in Shaping the “Anti-Globalization”
Movement. Peter Van Aelst, University of Antwerp
International Organizations and Internet Use in the Developing World: The Case
of Environmental Protection of the Black Sea. Kenneth S. Rogerson, Duke University
Assessing Internet Development Strategies of Leading Internet Nations. Charles
L. Mitchell, Grambling State University
The Impact of the Internet on Newspaper Political Coverage. Kevin G. Barnhurst,
University of Illinois
Online to the EU-Citizen? The Internet in the European Union’s Communication
Policy. Detlev Clemens, European Commission
Discussants. Michael Margolis, University of Cincinnati, and Benjamin F. Berger,
Harvard University
38-14
The Presidency and the Mass Media
Saturday, Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by 23-3 Presidency Research
Chair. Matthew T. Corrigan, University of North Florida
Authors
Overlooked and Underappreciated: Understanding the Public Presidency of George
Bush. Lori Cox Han, Austin College
George W. Bush and the Unrhetorical Rhetorical Presidency. David A. Crockett,
Trinity University
Branding Public Policy: Marketed Government under Clinton and Blair. Catherine
Needham, University of Oxford
Preaching from the Bully Pulpit: The President as Minister-In-Chief. David B.
Cohen, University of Akron, and John Wells, Carson-Newman College
Discussants. Tim Groeling, University of California, Los Angeles, and J. Patrick
Plumlee, University of North Florida
38-15
The Color of a Thousand Words: Racializing News, Entertainment,
and Politics
Thursday, Aug. 29, 10:45 a.m.
Co-sponsored by 32-8 Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Chair. Che Baysinger, SUNY, College at Oneonta
Authors
Provocative Pictures: How Do They Influence Our Perceptions of Others? Claes
H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, and Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University
of Milan
African-American Voices and Black Media Perspectives on Reaching Out: The 2000
Republican National Convention. Marilyn S. Roberts and Gary Mattingly, University
of Florida
The Media’s Response/A Mediated Response: Media, Race Cues and Party Politics.
Tasha S. Philpot, University of Michigan
The Blackening of The Green Mile. Lester Kenyatta Spence, Washington University
in St. Louis
Discussants. Stephen M. Caliendo, Avila College, and Christian Davenport, University
of Maryland
38-16
Political Rhetoric During Campaigning and Governing Periods
Thursday, Aug. 29, 8:45 a.m.
Co-sponsored by 36-14 Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Chair. Kenneth Goldstein, University of Wisconsin
Authors
Presidential Campaigns and Governing: A New Look. John G. Geer, Vanderbilt University
Conflicting Interpretations of the First Presidential Debate, 2000. Stephanie
G. Larson, Dickinson College
From Sea to Shining Sea: National and Subnational Campaign Rhetoric in the United
States. Glenn W. Richardson, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Language, Community, and the Clinton Impeachment. Roderick P. Hart, Sharon E.
Jarvis, and Elvin T. Lim, University of Texas, Austin
Discussants. Lawrence J. Grossback, West Virginia University, and Kathleen E.
Kendall, University of Maryland
38-17
Media Effects in a Comparative Perspective
Thursday, Aug. 29, 3:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by 36-15 Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Chair. Dean P. Lacy, Ohio State University
Authors
The Combined Effect of Advertisement and News Coverage in the Mexican Presidential
Campaign of 2000. Ulises Beltran, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas
The Influence of Mass Media in Shaping Public Opinion on the European Union.
Sean Carey, Harvard University, and Jonathan David Burton, University of Essex
The Electoral Consequences of Televised Candidate Debates. Chappell Lawson,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James A. McCann, Purdue University
The Making of the (Issues of the) Vlaams Blok. Stefan Walgrave and Deswert Knut,
University of Antwerp
Discussant. Holli A. Semetko, University of Amsterdam
38-18
Women’s Campaign Communication: Styles, Strategies,
and Reactions
Friday, Aug. 30, 10:45 a.m.
Co-sponsored by 31-7 Women and Politics
Chair. Kira L. Sanbonmatsu, Ohio State University
Authors
Videostyle and Webstyle: An Interchannel Comparison of Candidate Self Presentation.
Mary Christine Banwart, University of Kansas, and Lynda Kaid, University of
Florida
Gender Dynamics in Senatorial and Gubernatorial Elections: How Television News
Depicts Candidates in Mixed Gender Races. Terry Robertson, University of South
Dakota
Race, Gender and Political Campaigns: When Stereotypes Collide. Jerry Miller
and Ann Gordon, Ohio University
What Works: Voter Reactions to Female and Male Videostyles. Dianne G. Bystrom,
Iowa State University
Discussants. Barbara C. Burrell, Northern Illinois University, and Anne Johnston,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
38-19
The New Face of Mediated Politics: The Internet, Talk
Radio, and Film
Friday, Aug. 30, 3:30 p.m.
Chair. Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University
Authors
The New Media and the Dramatization of American Politics. Jonathan S. Morris,
Purdue University
Talk Radio’s Influence on Political Knowledge. Justin D. Fazzari, University
of Georgia
Pinnochio v. Dumbo: Priming Candidate Caricatures in Late-night Comedy Programs
and the Moderating Effects of Political Knowledge. Dannagal Goldthwaite, University
of Pennsylvania
Films as Focusing Events for Policy. Stephanie Ricker, George Washington University
Discussant. John Peterson, Emerson College
38-20
Poster Colloquium: News & Politics
Saturday, Aug. 31, 1:30 p.m.
Authors
Guilty by Association: The Impact of Media Mistrust. Stephanie Mora Walls, University
of Cincinnati
Disentangling Sources of Changing Attitudes Toward Immigration: Economic Evaluations,
Political Leadership, Media Coverage, and Local Context. Christopher Muste,
Louisiana State University
Does Soft News Increase Political Knowledge? Markus Prior, Stanford University
The Growth of Economic Framing in American Politics. Mark A. Smith, University
of Washington
Reality, Rountines, and Elite Influence: American Media Coverage of Foreign
Conflicts. Adam Schiffer, University of North Carolina
Media Coverage of the Abortion Debate Within the Democratic and Republican Parties.
Craig Leonard Brians, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and
Steven H. Greene, Texas Tech University
38-21
Poster Colloquium: Terrorism and the Media
Thursday, Aug. 29, 3:30 p.m.
Authors
Do the News Media and Index Vertically? A Comparison of National and Regional
Coverage of Clashing National and State Domestic Security Warnings. Nathalie
J. Frensley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Inclusion, Education, and Avoidance: The Prime Time Response to September 11.
Tracey L. Gladstone-Sovell, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Targeted Globally, Covered Locally: Mediated Terrorism in Comparative Context.
Todd M. Schaefer, Central Washington University
Audience Responses to Traumatic News: Processing the World Trade Center Attacks.
Erik P. Bucy, Indiana University
The Perceived-threat Mediation Model: Modeling the Effects of the Mass Media
on Attitudes Toward International Terrorism. Christopher E. Beaudoin, Indiana
University
AP-1
Poster Session: American Politics I: Media, Communication
and Public Opinion
Thursday, Aug. 29, 3:30 p.m.
Authors
Friendly Fire: The Political Consequences of Intra-Party Conflict in the News.
Tim Groeling, University of California, Los Angeles
The Effect of Short-Term vs. Long-Term Information Acquisition on the Changing
Nature of Public Approval of the President. Sara M. Gubala, University of South
Carolina
Information Networks and Social Dilemmas. Azi Lev-on, New York University
Does Soft News Increase Political Knowledge? Markus Prior, Stanford University
The Causes and Consequences of Visual Political Knowledge. Markus Prior, Stanford
University
Negative Advertising, Mood, and Turnout. Daniel Stevens, University of Minnesota
Inclusion, Education, and Avoidance: The Prime Time Response to September 11.
William R. Wilkerson, SUNY, College at Oneonta, and Tracey L. Gladstone-Sovell,
University of Wisconsin, River Falls