Month: June 2010

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Political Communication Symposium at IE University

June 28, 2010 coms 0

In March 2010, over 50 worldwide experts on political communication gathered at IE University in Spain for a symposium co-organized by the IE School of Communication and the Annenberg School for Communication to discuss political communication. It covered the differences between political communication in varying countries, how media plays into modern political campaigns, if United States theories can apply to other countries, such as Spain, and much more. This video is a summary of that event.

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Tough Sounding Men Really Are Tough

June 22, 2010 coms 0

Hormones have a large impact on the body. In women, hormones during fertile times can increase the pitch of her voice. Similarly, testosterone has an effect on men’s voices by making them deeper. But a new study takes it one step further showing that an individual’s strength and the tough sound of their voice are in fact linked.

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Don’t Blame Media for Troubled Youths

June 22, 2010 coms 0

With many problems in today’s society — for example, violence, teen pregnancy, and obesity — media is constantly deemed the culprit. But Karen Sternheimer says our problems are much more complex than that. One commonality has been found among all these problems: poverty.