In January, the Annenberg Public Policy Center brought together scholars in the fields of communication and debate and speech at a conference in Honolulu to review and make recommendations on current projects at the policy center, ranging from FlackCheck.org's Patterns of Deception videos to Tobacco Watch to an examination of presidential debates.
Politics
How campaign micro-targeting affects fact-checking of political ads
In "Messages, Micro-targeting, and New Media Technologies," published in The Forum in October, Kathleen Hall Jamieson writes that the trend in politics of micro-targeting ads toward individual voters makes it more difficult for reporters and scholars to know "who is saying what to whom, where and with what effect."
Speaker series starts with William Jacoby on ‘Measuring Political Knowledge’
As the first lecturer in APPC's 2013-2014 lunchtime Speaker Series, Michigan State University political science professor William G. Jacoby will talk on Oct. 28 about "Measuring Political Knowledge." He will propose a simple approach to take into account interviewer bias and differences in judgment.
Report: Congress Could Make America Safer
On the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a bipartisan task force of homeland-security experts, government officials and former members of the 9/11 Commission has released a report outlining the need for stronger and clearer Congressional oversight of national security.
