Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication

Do Campaigns Really Change Behavior? New Understanding of the Behavioral Effects of Advertising, Political Campaigns and Health Communication Campaigns

The Study of Political Campaigns

DO P O L I T I C A L C A M PA I G N S M AT T E R ? This question, like so many in political science, seems natural, important, and straightforward. Yet the answer founders on the difAculty of deAning both the subject and the predicate. What do we mean by political campaigns? How might they matter? This essay attempts to organize the study of campaigns by marking its boundaries and by ordering q...

Lies, damned lies, and political campaigns

Despite a pervasive presence in politics, lying has not traditionally played a role in formal models of elections. In this paper we develop a model that allows candidates in the campaign stage to misrepresent their policy intentions if elected to office, and in which the willingness to lie varies across candidates. We find that candidates more willing to lie are favored, but that this advantage...

The potential for political leadership in HIV/AIDS communication campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND The HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a point of important political concern for governments especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clinical and public health interventions to curb the epidemic can be greatly enhanced with the strategic support of political leaders. OBJECTIVE We analyzed the role of national political leadership in large-scale HIV/AIDS communications campaigns in 14 countrie...

Still the Middle Way: A Study of Political Communication Practices in Swedish Election Campaigns