2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Paper Frequent Political Discussion and its Consequences
Frank C. S. Liu, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Overview: This article extends communication network research
to exploring circumstances under which the frequency of
interaction affects voters' democratic orientations.
Paper Dividing Lines: Political Boundaries and the Quality of Local
Public Deliberation
Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University
Overview: This paper explores how our collective choices about
local political boundaries affect the quality of deliberation at local
public meetings.
Disc. Jan E. Leighley, University of Arizona
Anand E. Sokhey, Ohio State University
27-7 MEDIA BIAS
Room Parlor F, 6 th Floor, Fri at 9:50 am
Chair Sarah Whalen
Paper William Randolph Hearst: The Rupert Murdoch of 1896
William T. Horner, University of Missouri, Columbia
Overview: An examination of Hearst's advocacy for Bryan in the
1896 and 1900 campaigns reminds us that Rupert Murdoch isn't a
sign of what's wrong with American journalism but is an example
of our long entanglement between politics and the "news."
Paper Media Bias (Reexamined)
John T. Gasper, Carnegie Mellon University
Overview: We provide a replication of Groseclose and Milyo's
Media Bias results using alternative ideological measures (ACU
and Nominate). We also examine how robust the estimated results
are to different periods of time.
Paper Whose Life is it Anyway? Religion and Politics in Media
Coverage of 'End of Life' Controversies
Ken Miller, Arizona State University
David Niven, CM Media
Overview: Addressing the oft-heard complaint that the media are
hostile to religious perspectives in politics, we investigate which
voices (secular versus religious) are heard on end of life issues and
whether media coverage reflects the political debate.
Paper What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Newspapers
Matthew A. Gentzkow, University of Chicago
Jesse M. Shapiro, University of Chicago
Overview: We construct a new index of media slant and use this
measure to assess the relative importance of consumer and owner
characteristics in determining the political slant of U.S.
newspapers.
Disc. Johanna Dunaway, Sam Houston State University
Danny Hayes, Syracuse University
28-301 POSTER SESSION: GENDER AND POLITICS
Room Exhibit Hall, 4 th Floor, Fri at 9:50 am
Presenter Woman and Indonesian Politics: Effect of Modernization to
Public Opinion
(Board 7)
Arnita Sitasari, West Virginia University
Overview: The likelihood of women being elected to the House of
Representatives in Indonesia is affected by the regions level of
modernization. The higher the level of modernization the more
favorable is the public opinion about women representatives.
Presenter Assessing the Deliberative Power of Women: Uptake,
Influence, and Beyond
(Board 8)
Ashleigh S. Powers, Millsaps College
Overview: This paper assesses the deliberative power of women
by comparing the uptake and influence of men and women who
participate in a deliberation experiment. The issue topic and
instructions for deliberation are manipulated.
Presenter Womanist Identification, Political Activism, and the Hip Hop
Generation
(Board 9)
Pamela Y. Cook, Luther College
Overview: In this paper, I investigate whether black women of the
hip-hop generation possess a womanist consciousness and whether
there is a relationship between their womanist consciousness and
their political activism.
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Presenter Disfranchised Women: Political Agendas, Families, and
Gender
(Board 10)
Bonnie G. Mani, East Carolina University
Overview: An analysis of effects of families and gender on 16
American women's political activities in the 17th through 21st
centuries. Fourteen women were active before 1920 and two–
Elizabeth Dole and Hillary Rodham Clinton–are contemporaries.
Presenter Chinese Feminists and The Politics of Translation
(Board 11)
Kim Dorazio, University of Michigan
Overview: This project, based on ten in-depth interviews with
Chinese feminist activists, seeks to examine how translation
becomes political when producing and analyzing source
materials.
29-6 LEGACIES OF RACISM
Room Sandburg 1, 7 th Floor, Fri at 9:50 am
Chair Jesse P. Mendez, Oklahoma State University
Paper The Politics of Remembrance: Four Communities Confront
Their Racist Pasts
Earl Sheridan, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Overview: Why and how do communities choose to commemorate
uncomfortable racist incidents in their pasts? A comparison of
four communities and their attempt to grapple with their racist
pasts.
Paper Americanization and the De-Americanization of Racialized
Ethnic Groups in the United States
Sherrow O. Pinder, California State University
Overview: In America, there is an attempt to forge a single
American identity which provides scripts of the “proper" way of
being an American, and the right of passage into normative
“Americanness.”
Paper Military Service and Insurgency during the Urban Crisis
Christopher S. Parker, University of California, Berkeley
Overview: Many recognize the contribution of black veterans to
the insugent campaigns in the South. This paper explores their
impact on insurgency in the North.
Disc. Jesse P. Mendez, Oklahoma State University
29-20 RACIAL POLITICS: FOUNDATIONS
Room Clark 7, 7 th Floor, Fri at 9:50 am
Chair Susan L. Gaffney, Governors State University
Paper Finding Black Power in Postcolonial Africa
Robin J. Hayes, Northwestern University
Overview: This paper draws from archival and interview data to
examine how direct encounters between activists in newly
decolonized African nations facilitated transnational exchanges
between African liberation movements and black power
organizations.
Paper Concentrated Disenfranchisement: How Crime Policies
Diminish Civic Capacity
Traci R. Burch, Harvard University
Overview: This paper measures levels of concentrated
disenfranchisement (the number of people with convictions that
come from a particular racial group or community) and examines
whether concentration diminishes the civic capacity and influence
of communities.
Paper The Psychological Implications of the Political Construction of
Race
Monique L. Lyle, Duke University
Overview: This paper examines the role that American political
institutions and elites play in the creation and transmission of the
ideological norms associated with racial dominance and inequality
and how these contribute to a race-based system justification.
Paper Tyranny of the Majority? Counting Winners and Losers in
American Democracy
Zoltan Hajnal, University of California, San Diego
Overview: Is there tyranny of the majority in American
democracy? I answer this question by counting up how often
voters of different racial and ethnic groups ended up voting for the
candidate who eventually wins across the range of elections in
American democracy