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Library Impact Statement For Sus/Ecn/Com 108 Spaceship Earth

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course [program] proposal for SUS/ECN/COM 108 Spaceship Earth. New course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Andrée J. Rathemacher. Requesting faculty members: Art Mead, Judith Swift.

Persuasion In Contemporary Presidential Campaigns, Dylan Moore

Senior Honors Projects

Persuasion has been the foundation and objective of political campaigns since the first contested presidential election in 1796. While this foundation has not changed, the methods of persuading have undergone many changes over the years. Persuasion tactics of past presidential campaigns have used mediums such as print and television but it was not until the last two presidential elections that voters had the internet to supplement their decision-making process.

It is with the rise of the internet that we can see the greatest shift in contemporary campaigns tactics. Candidates’ websites serve as a “one stop shop” for voters to attain …