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In Zusammenarbeit mit dem US Generalkonsulat und der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung veranstalten wir einen Workshop sowie einen Vortrag mit Dr. Jason Johnson von der Universität in North Carolina unter dem Titel

The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and the Role of the Media

Mittwoch, 24. Februar, ab 16 Uhr

Workshop: 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr
Vortrag: 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Um Anmeldung unter info@amerikazentrum.de wird gebeten.

16.00 Uhr – 18.00 Uhr Workshop

Workshop for high school students (grades 11-13), teachers, university students: “The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and the Role of Digital Media”  

19.00 Uhr – 20.30 Uhr Vortrag

Public lecture (45 minutes presentation, 45 minutes Q&A): The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and the Role of the Media

Our media landscape has changed drastically in the last years and so has political campaigning for the U.S. Presidential Elections. How do the current presidential candidates use the tools of social media to collect voters? What strategies do they follow, and what demographics can Republicans and Democrats actually reach with their Facebook posts and Twitter tweets? What role do traditional media still play?

Dr. Jason Johnson is the author of Political Consultantsand Campaigns: One Day to Sell. He serves as Politics Editor for The Source magazine and Chief Political Correspondent for Politic365.com. He has worked as a campaign manager and assistant state director in a series of legislative campaigns in South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia. In 2001, Johnson worked on the London mayoral race, served as an international election observer during Mexico’s turbulent 2006 presidential election and was an honored guest of the Independent Electoral Commission in Johannesburg, South Africa during the parliamentary elections in 2007. Dr. Johnson has been quoted as an expert on politics by the Wall Street Journal, and the Cincinnati Enquirer among others. He is a regular commentator on Al Jazeera English, has appeared on The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and CNN and as a featured guest on National Public. Johnson’s weekly op-ed column appears in several publications