New media, religion, and their impact on elections [videorecording] : December 7, 2007 / producers, Gail Ablow ... [et al.] ; directed by, Ken Diego ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York.
Title from container. Host: Bill Moyers ; guests: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Melissa Rogers. Originally broadcast on television December 7, 2007 as a segment of: Bill Moyers' journal.
Summary:
No one can dispute the importance of new media in the battle to win the White House in 2008. But what does it all mean for American democracy? Bill Moyers gets perspective on the impact of blogs, YouTube, and social networking on the election process from Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Then, with evangelical pastor Mike Huckabee surging in the polls and Mitt Romney giving a widely anticipated speech on his Mormon faith, Moyers and Jamieson are joined by scholar Melissa Rogers for a discussion of religion in politics.
Series:
Bill Moyers Journal Moyers collection on DVD
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
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