POLS 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Argument Clinic, Fake News, Alternative Facts
17 Feb 2020
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Americans think that what they know is reliable (common sense) Making a point of college vs. university. Person who displays the last word, last argument. If you don"t like the response, then you"ll either find another answer or ignore it. We may have been better off with a fewer news sources. Sociological model (how you were socialized, up bringing, effects of an election campaign) Multistage model (funnel of causality; multiple indicators leading to the vote choice) Rational choice (consumer model; what"s in it for me) Analytic strategy (multiple steps at arriving in the vote choice) Canada"s electoral characteristics traditional/new left right cleavages. Single member plurality / first past the post. Voting for party you are least in favor. Traditional supporters (conservatives: pro market, traditional) (ndp= leftist; labor. ) (liberals) Long term and short term factors (what causes people to either stay loyal or change their vote) Identify the vote and get out the vote. Decline of traditional media; cyclical and structural.
