Profile: LaChrystal
Ricke
Eastern New Mexico University
LaChrystal Ricke is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Eastern New Mexico University. She received a bachelor’s of arts in communication and graphic design and a bachelor's of science in marketing from Friends University in 2003. She obtained her master’s in communication with an emphasis in mass media and political communication in 2005. In 2008 she received a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Kansas. Her areas of emphasis were political communication, mass media, and online communication. LaChrystal teaches in the areas of nonverbal, group, and online communication as well as courses in media theory and research practices. She spends her spare time reading, watching movies, playing fetch with her three dogs, and cooking.
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Presentation Date:
4/16/2009
Presentation Time:
10:30 am
Paper Title:
A New Opportunity for Democratic Engagement:
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The CNN-YouTube Presidential Candidate Debates
Abstract:
The 2007 CNN-YouTube Presidential Candidate Debates provide a unique opportunity for the American populace to become engaged in national political discussion through the submission of video questions to YouTube for inclusion in two nationally broadcast debates (Democratic and Republican) on CNN. By using content analysis, a sample of the 7,916 videos submitted was examined for the demographic populations represented and characteristics of submitted questions in an effort to ascertain if the debates were a viable method for increasing citizen mobilization and redefining democratic participation. The study found that traditionally politically disengaged populations (specifically minorities and young voters) were present in a significant proportion of the videos and that individuals used the debates as an opportunity to ask politically relevant and substantive questions of the candidates.
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