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Annotated Bibliography

Andina-Diaz, Ascension. “Reinforcement vs. Change: The Political Influence of the Media.”

Public Choice 131 (2007) : 65-81. Web. 7 April 2011.

Ascension Andina-Diaz received her B.A. in economics from the University of Oviedo in

Spain, her M.Sc in quantitative economics from the University of Alicante in Spain, and

her Ph.D in economics (with honors) from the University of Alicante in Spain.

This paper aims to analyze competition between two ideological tv channels that want to

sway their respective viewers toward their preferred political party. Thus, the media can

be thought of as interest groups with the objective of shaping an election in their favor.

Two prominent theories borrowed from literature on sociology are used to consider the

means at which viewers are influenced: “the Reinforcement approach” and the

“Attitudinal Orientations approach.” Research findings show that media outlets

differentiate opinions depending on viewers’ behavior.

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Cohen, Aaron, Eran Vigoda, and Aliza Samorly. "Analysis of the Mediating Effect of Personal-

Psychological Variables on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Political

Participation: A Structural Equations Framework." Political Psychology, 22.4 (2001):

727-757.

Aaron Cohen received his B.A. in political science and sociology from The University of

Haifi in 1977, his M.Sc and D.sc in techninon from the Israel Institute of Technology. As

of now Cohen is an associate professor with tenure the University of Haifi’s department

of political science.

Aaron Cohen, Eran Vigoda, and Aliza Samorly’s goal in this research was to test the

relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation; whether it was

direct or based on person variables such as locus of control, self esteem, and political

efficacy. Four models were created and a sample of 434 citizens of Israel were given a

questionnaire. The findings showed that the relationship between socioeconomic status

and political participation is indeed mediated by personal variables rather than direct. If

viewers channel hop, media outlets differentiate their opinions more.

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Gill, Jeff and Jason Gainous. “Why does Voting Get so Complicated? A Review of Theories for

Analyzing Democratic Participation.” Statistical Science 17 (2002) : 383-404. Web. 7

April 2011.

Jason Gainous received his B.A. in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University, his

M.A in Political Science from the University of Florida, and his Ph.D in Political Science

from the University of Florida.

The intentions of the authors of this article are to, “present a sample from the panoply of

formal theories on voting and elections to Statistical Science readers who have had

limited exposure to such work.” Primarily, the focus of this theoretical literature, is to

describe electoral systems and outcomes by mathematically modeling both voting rules

and human behavior. The objective of these models is to provide a general, but not

oversimplified review of the author’s voting theories with practical examples. The

abstract interestingly adds: “We end the article with a thought experiment that applies

different vote aggregation schemes to the 2000 presidential election count in Florida, and

we find that alternative methods provide different results.”

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Kamalipour, Yahya R., and Nancy Snow. War, Media, and Propaganda: A Global Perspective.

Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour is professor of mass and international communication, head of

the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, and Director of The Center for

Global Studies, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, USA. His areas of

interest and research include globalization, media impact, international communication,

advertising, cultural diversity, stereotyping, Middle East media, and new communication

technologies.

The objective of this book are to present a multifaceted analysis of the consequences of

war, media, and propaganda from diverse global perspectives. The three themes of this

book (war, media, and propaganda) are analyzed through academic and nonacademic

perspectives. The book is organized into twenty-four chapters that are actually individual

essays written by prominent journalists, scholars, and researches from around the world.

The book centers around the idea of information dominance, the United States’ and

United Kingdom’s propaganda strategy at obtaining “total spectrum dominance.”