Your research questions (formulated in the same way and with the same expectations for seminar questions) are due by 11 pm Monday night, September 15.
As with the best seminar questions, make sure to formulate a research question that allows you to explore the interconnections between two disparate elements. For this project, one of those elements, obviously, will be the television advertisements of presidential candidates; however, the other element to focus on is up to you. Do consider some of the broad thematic suggestions I included on the assignment sheet.
For the sake of reference, here is the URL for the Living Room Candidate
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How has the issue of war and peace been a recurrent theme throughout the elections spanning from Eisenhower's election to the current election and how have the candidates used this issue to gain votes?
How have presidential candidates' televised advertisements from the 1952 elections to today changed targeted audiences to a generally younger demographic?
How are presidential candidates that have a military background portrayed in the 2004 and 2008 election? How has it been seen as a positive and a negative thing to have a military background when running for the presidency?
Blair forgot his login information so his question is:How have the focuses and goals of televised camnpaign ads changed from 1960 to the present? Why are today's ads much more malicious towards the opposition while ads of the past appeal more to the positive qualities of their candidate?
How have the strategies for presidential campaigning changed over the years?
How have candidates used steadily improving technology and presentation techniques to convey the same messages since television ads entered the political game?
How does the use of children and families in presidential campaign ads appeal to the general public? How does the fact that a nominee is a family man strengthen Americans' turst in this man's capability to do what is right for their well-being?
How have the presidential candidates used the media to help shape what their campaign and commercials center on? Why is this tactic being utilized heavily especially in the current election?
Over the years how has the focus of elections changed and how have the ads evolved to reflect that change?
How has the use of images in presidential campaign ads become more competitive since 1952? How, through the use of images, can campaigns draw less than justified conclusions about opposing candidates by misconstruing popularly known figures and ideas?
How has the use of images in presidential campaign ads become more competitive since 1952? How, through the use of images, can campaigns draw less than justified conclusions about opposing candidates by misconstruing popularly known figures and ideas?
How are the presidential campaign commericals of 1960, 1992, and 2008 similar concering the issues of change and experience?
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