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Nils Aardahl FWIS Word Magic Dr. Belik 16 November, 2015 Political Language The language used in politics features many linguistic devices that deliberately confuse the audience. George Orwell describes these devices and their use by politicians in his essay “Politics and the English Language.” In this work, Orwell shows how the power of language can be used to convince people of the value of ideas even if there is little actual truth or value to them. While to most the importance of…

Introduction The case study regarding Barack Obama´s 2008 Presidential Campaign by Ryan and Jones created in 2009, showed how Obama´s campaign needed to reach out to voters in 15 critical swing states. The campaign turned to Pontiflex for a cost-effective way to collect different contact information of interested voters and potential campaign donors. However, the case study does not explain anything about what or who “Pontiflex” is. By finding information online, Pontiflex is a mobile…

Latino’s on his side and the Latino vote might be what Hillary needs since they have the Democratic vote as Latinos were the ones who supported Obama’s re-election by a 75% margin. Plus Hispanics were noted to have greatly supported Clinton over Obama in 2008. Also Castro is well-known and being on Hillary’s side would put her in a fairly strong team as many Latino voters would give them their…

Charlton McIlwain and Stephen Caliendo, both professors in media and political studies, wrote a book entitled Race Appeal. In the chapter “Producing Race Appeal: The Political Ads of White and Minority Candidates”, McIlwain and Caliendo discuss the implications of white and minority politicians using race-based appeals in their ad campaigns. In an excerpt from “Campaigning Through the Media” from Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide by Shanto Iyengar and Jennifer McGrady, Iyengar and McGrady…

The media plays a major role in keeping the public aware of current events and raising awareness of various issues in any society. Media keeps everyone connected whether it is on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram or through television and newspapers, everyone has the world at their fingertips at the push of a button. It also has an extremely significant impact on the public’s views and way of thinking. Currently, we as a nation are trying to figure out which candidate in the presidential election…

All human beings have a different perception of the world around them, leading to a varied desire for how the world should be shaped. Transition? In the following paper, I will argue that the speech given by President Barack Obama at the United Nations on September 20, 2016 can be analyzed from a Realist and a Confucian perspective regarding the issues of peace and power. Despite the progress achieved in society today, the world still remains full of “uncertainty and unease and strife,” with…

Social media is used to get through to so many people in an immediate approach. Aside from connecting with people, social media is now been publicized in politics. (Treuren) Barack Obama was a profound leader by using social media as a platform for the 2008 Presidential Election. He won his election by getting his message through to so many people because of social media. (Carr) After all, social media is a…

“He has black skin” was my description of my African American classmate in the fourth grade. Our new teacher wanted us to describe each other so she could get to know her future students and, since we had known each other since kindergarten, it was something we were not used to. I cannot remember why but I chose to describe my classmate’s skin color as black, for which I was called a racist. While I had heard that word before on television, this was the first time I had ever truly understood…

In the second point, I believe that social media helped to overcome the “free rider” problem during the Arab spring movement. Because social media was used as a vehicle to gather likeminded citizens for demonstration, to overcome the social problem of the free riders in a the case of collective action, however this is not the case in ever revolution on social media, because there are cases where a person can say that they will be attending an event on social media and decide not to show up or…

The Dangers in Language When using language such as speaking and writing, you must be careful in what you say and write. Language can be dangerous. The dangers in language do not cause physical harm, but the damages can ruin reputations, hurt people’s feelings, cost people their jobs, or even cost someone the presidency. In the most recent election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many different things they have said in the past are being brought back up. The things that are being…