| Section Title: | Modern American Political Campaigns |
| Instructor(s): | Paul Stekler |
| Course: | P A 388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy (previously Seminar in Topics in Public Policy) |
| Unique Number: | 62385 |
| Day & Time: | Tuesdays, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Room: | SRH 2.104 |
| Waitlist Information: | For LBJ Students: UT Waitlist Information |
| Notes: | Taught with S. Greenberg |
This course fulfills requirements for the following specialization(s):
Description: This course will examine how political campaigns are conducted, analyzed, and covered, why campaigns operate the way they do, and the implications for our political system. The course will discuss the role of money in politics, the impact of race, the nature and impact of advertising, how polls serve as campaign tools and affect the shape of the campaign agenda and press coverage, the changing nature of the media's role and how people make their political decisions and get information, and the way campaign narratives are told during and after the race. We will be concerned with how voter choices are affected by campaigns, the selection of issues and messages and their delivery, and the more recent impact of independent expenditures, the internet, focus groups, push-polls, and more.
The course will be taught by three instructors: