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Author and University of Pennsylvania professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson talked about her books and took viewer questions. Prof. Jamieson is the author of over a dozen books, including…

Michael Isikoff and Kathleen Hall Jamieson talked about their books on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mr. Isikofff is the, author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of…

Political communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson examined Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Panelists talked about congressional oversight of the Homeland Security Department. Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge called the current oversight committee structure “archaic,…

Panelists talked about campaign ad spending in the 2012 presidential election, the first since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. Erika Fowler…

Academics presented research findings on the effectiveness of political fact checking. Topics included how misinformation affects attitudes despite correction work, ways that journalists…

Journalists predicted some of the deceptive statements that President Obama and Mitt Romney might make in the first of their three debates. Some of the subjects they talked about were…

Journalists and political ad fact checkers analyzed candidates' false or misleading speeches and political ads thus far in the 2012 election campaign. Panelists said both political parties…

Journalists from local television markets talked about their fact-checking methods and campaign advertising in local markets. Among the issues they addressed were fact-checking techniques…

Journalists and legal experts talked about the standards in determining veracity in political advertisements.

Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA), a journalist, and a communications professor talked about the national debt and the federal budget. They also responded to…

Political directors and consultants talked about campaign spending and political advertising during the 2010 midterm elections. They also focused on campaign fund raising, the Citizens…

Political speechwriters and other communications professionals talked about the rhetoric used by President Obama in his public speeches. Among the topics they addressed were the speech writing process,…

The participants talked about whether the presidential tapes shed light on crucial moments in U.S. history, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Mr. Middleton is the former…

After opening remarks, a panel discussion was held with representatives of the Democratic and Republican National Committees about the strategies for persuading voters in the 2008 presidential election. Topics…

Participants talked about the impact of public discourse on politics, the lack of civil dialogue in various forums, and leadership challenges of bringing civil problem solving to tackle the…

The panelists discussed the role of their independent groups in the 2004 presidential campaign. These groups are not new, but they (including tax statute number 527 groups) spent an…

Ms. Jamieson moderated a discussion on presidential audio tapes and their impressions of the audiotapes as members of a president’s family. They also talked about their personal…

Archivists and historians talked about storage and use of presidential audio tapes at presidential libraries, access granted to researchers and the public, existing transcripts of the tapes…

Participants talked about how politics had changed since September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. Among the topics they addressed were new polling and focus group findings and an analysis…