Conference
Campaign Finance, Political Communication, and the 2012 Elections
November 30, 2012
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Video coming soon
Participant Bios
Agenda
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Panel 1: Advertising: Tone, Trends and Effects
Charles Mahtesian, Politico (Moderator)
Wesleyan Media Project team
John Geer, Vanderbilt University
Richard Lau, Rutgers University
Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY
10:40 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel 2: Campaign Finance and Interest Group Ads
Peter Overby, NPR (Moderator)
Wesleyan Media Project team
Robert Boatright, Clark University
Deborah Jordan Brooks, Dartmouth College
Anthony Corrado, Colby College
12:10 PM – 1:00 PM: Brown Bag Lunch: Student Presentations
1:10 PM – 2:30 PM: Panel 3: Misinformation, Cynicism and its Effects
Melanie Freeze, Wesleyan University (Moderator)
Adam Berinsky, MIT
Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University
Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
2:40 PM – 3:50 PM: Panel 4: Polling & Voter Behavior
Dan Merkle, ABC News (Moderator & Panelist)
Lydia Saad, Gallup
John Sides, George Washington University
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Concluding remarks: Media Perspectives
Fredreka Schouten, USA Today (Moderator)
Dan Merkle, ABC News
Charlie Mahtesian, Politico
Peter Overby, NPR
