Erin O'Brien
J201
Section 310
Discussion Questions
Do you agree with the authors in the argument that political
parties are being polarized in today’s government? Why do you think this has
happened?
The article discussed that the rise of the 24-hour news
cycle stations such as FoxNews, MSNBC, and CNN, continue the trend of
polarization by allowing consumers of news to chose to watch news that agrees
with their political stances. Do you agree that this allows consumers of news
to further political polarization?
Has polarization created disgust with politics and the
government? For example the current government shutdown was a case of
polarization in the government. Do you see polarization causing further damage
to the American government system?
Conservatives adopted a campaign strategy which sharpens
differences between parties and decreasing the amount of moderates for their
party while liberals embraced awareness of other views and reached out to
engage with new demographics of voters. Just by considering the communication
and PR strategies of the campaigns, which do you see as more successful?
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