November 6, 2007
Events and Announcements
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For Media Day I am looking for people to write about the sessions that they attended.
What I am looking for is:
- A summary of the session you attended
- Your thoughts and reactions: What did you learn, what you would like to see in future Media Days, What surprised you, etc.
Your writings will be posted right here! I’d love it if you would also include a brief bio on yourself (year graduate, major, special interest in comm., etc—1-2 sentences). This is a great opportunity to get your name out there in a different medium besides the one you’re used to working in!
Ideally I’d like the write-ups by Monday 11/12/07. Please contact me if you can do this and to get information about submission. Thank you! ~~Sarah Whitehead, sw368@medaille.edu
November 6, 2007
I heard it first, Just some thoughts
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In case you couldn’t tell from the glut of negative advertisements on radio and television, Election Day is quickly approaching. It’s easy to become disillusioned with the entire political process after being bombarded with name-calling politicians who heatedly accuse their opponents of everything from corruption to incompetence.
Have you stopped to educate yourselves about the candidates? A more important question is, are you registered to vote? If you’re not, it’s too late for you to make the 2007 election season, but you can get yourself registered for 2008.
I like to think that political communication is one of the more fascinating topics out there. I was a political science major, so I might be biased, but more than any other field, it mixes most conceivable communication subject into one great mess. There’s the interplay between mass (advertising) and interpersonal (campaigning) communication, broadcast strategy and media buying, social scientific research in polling, among others. Best of all, after each election, the whole strange cycle begins anew.
No one can tell you who to vote for, but if his campaign for the presidency picks up steam in the next 12 months, consider voting for my personal hero, Stephen Colbert, a man for whom truthiness and factiness still mean something.
Related Links:
Rock the Vote (http://www.rockthevote.com/home.php)
New York State Board of Elections (http://www.elections.state.ny.us/)
Indecision2008 (http://www.indecision2008.com/)
~Kara Kane, Assistant Director of Communications
