January 14, 2016 During the past two presidential elections, Barack Obama targeted key voters along the campaign trail by deploying pop culture tropes, especially the sights and sounds of popular music (Gorzelany-Mostak, Love, Deaville, and Saffle 2015). Campaign strategists for the 2016 presidential hopefuls have worked hard to emulate Obama’s success and once more toContinue reading “Political Pop and Commercials that Flopped: Early Lessons from the 2016 Presidential Race”
Monthly Archives: January 2016
“I’ve Been Everywhere:” Martin O’Malley and the Many Meanings of the Guitar
January 8, 2016 Is America ready for a troubadour president? It is a question Democrats have to ask themselves as they decide on their party’s nominee for the 2016 election. For though Bernie Sanders would be the first Jewish president (who is also an avowed democratic socialist), and Hillary Clinton would be the first womanContinue reading ““I’ve Been Everywhere:” Martin O’Malley and the Many Meanings of the Guitar”