What role has the internet played in fundraising for modern political candidates? & why is electronic advertising important to the candidates? We can thank Obama for that. During the last Presidential election, Obama was able to unify groups with traditionally low voter turnout: Young people and Visible Minorities via FACEBOOK. And by reaching millions of [...]

Positive advertising is telling what you will do if elected. Negative advertising is pointing out your opponent cheated on his cancerous wife and was kicked out as Speaker of the House after massive ethics violations.

As expected, Senate GOP blocks campaign bill By DAVID ESPO (AP) – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked legislation imposing new restrictions on political activity by special interest groups Tuesday, likely dealing a fatal blow to a drive by the White House and congressional Democrats to rewrite campaign rules in the run-up to [...]

I’m all for free speech, but when free speech is so expensive and really says nothing more then BUY-BUY-BUY your vote with very little substance, I believe it is time we put a stop to that. Campaigns have become so expensive that only the wealthy elite can now participate. We need to level the playing [...]

These days there is increasing scrutiny when it comes to one’s campaign financing. There have been an increasing number of special interest groups that are taking a bigger and bigger role in American politics. There have been instances where a political campaign suffered a backlash from the media and even the public, because they had [...]

In my first video post, I recently discovered the yellow mark from which advertising is displayed. The video is third party content. It´s an institutional video that can be broadcasted freely (conditioned not to edit it). In this case, showing advertising not only is inadequate according with the video contents but also may be supposed [...]

Republican senators have blocked a bill to require an unprecedented level of public disclosure of who pays for political campaign advertising. The Disclose Act had been drafted by Democrats in response to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision that overturned federal and state limits on independent expenditures by corporations to support or oppose candidates…. Here [...]

1. Politicians would not be in the pockets of rich individuals or corporations when deciding what’s best for the people 2. Voters would have to watch debates, read up on the candidates and otherwise become more infomed to make their voting decisions. Less informed voters would either have to get informed, or pass & not [...]

Advertising is paid communication through a non-personal medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled. Variations include publicity, public relations, product placement, sponsorship, Time shifted advertising,underwriting, and sales promotion. Every major medium is used to deliver these messages: television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, the internet, and billboards. Advertising clients are predominantly, [...]

Artifacts meaning anything from movies, advertising campaign, political speeches, books, etc. that would relate to communications: eloquence, gender communication, language identity, relational comm, etc. I’m not sure I understand your objective. I’ve always understood artifacts as being the supporting materials in the creation of a media projects. For an ad campaign, artifacts might include storyboards, [...]