Monthly Archives: March 2015

Senator Ted Cruz from Texas was the first to announce his bid for the presidential run in 2016. As an announcement speech goes Cruz came out rather explicit and forceful in regards to issues and his agenda as he declared … Continue reading →

In chapter 7 (The Internet Influence Online Political News and Political Discourse) we read how the internet has changed the way the public views politics and the candidates. It is noted in that chapter that with the Howard Dean campaign, … Continue reading →

First off I would like to start off by posting the link for anyone interested in reading into the details of my post. The link can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/20/politics/us-senate-mcconnell/index.html. Now I will view this article from an agenda setting … Continue reading →

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/20/obama-interior-department-fracking-rules-sally-jewell/25101133/   I found this article in the USA Today and I believe this is an example of priming.  I think it shows how the current administration views fracking in the United States.  The fracking issue has been a point … Continue reading →

The flagrant rhetoric which commonly flows from John Boehner’s style of leadership is evident with his reply to the President’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/politics/obama-keystone-veto/.  In Politics and Communication in America, Andrew Chadwick suggests in Chapter 7, key … Continue reading →

Chapter 3 in our textbook by Kuypers and Denton, Jr. discuss the strategic uses of political language. According to Kuypers and Denton, Jr., political language helps to maintain a “social state.” In political communication, it is the context and content that … Continue reading →

Ah yes yet another scandal has reared it’s ugly head.  This time it all revolves around Hillary Clinton and if she filled out the proper departure papers when she left the state department.  The Kelly File of Fox news would … Continue reading →

In Chapter 6, many related topics were discussed. I will be focussing on agenda setting for a topic from MSNBC written by Alex Seitz-Ward titled “Hillary Clinton’s last paid speech“. The title of this speech leads you to think she … Continue reading →