标题: 讲座预告：Internet and 2016 Presidential Campaign [打印本页] 作者: 风铃雨 时间: 2016-6-22 23:12 标题: 讲座预告：Internet and 2016 Presidential Campaign
上海大学社会学院系列讲座
2016年第31讲总第437讲
题目：Internet and 2016 Presidential Campaign
报告人：McCormick Barrett
马凯特大学 教授
主持人：刘玉照
社会学院教授
时间：2016年6月23日（星期四）14:00
地点：校本部B417室
This talk offers an explanation of how the current American Presidential campaign reached the highly unusual result of a populist candidate winning a major party nomination despite that candidate's lack of ideological affinity with the party, lack of relationships with other party leaders and even his lack of political experience or knowledge. The talk finds an explanation for this in 1) the fragmented communication environment resulting from the Internet in which highly partisan and false information are common; and 2) the breakdown of the Republican Party's coalition over issues of inequality and race. The talk finishes with a comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of the two candidates, noting that the Democrats have used Internet technologies to build a formidable campaign organization.
