This is the home page for PLSI 320,
spring 2012
Political Forum: Affect, Political Behavior, and the 2012 U.S.
Presidential Election
Thornton Hall 425, Wednesdays 10:10 to 11:50
Contact information:
Francis Neely: phone 415-338-1522; email fneely@sfsu.edu
Information about the presentations:
4/25/12 Groups 1, 2, and 3
5/2/12 Group 4 and 5
Each group will have 25 minutes for their presentation
You may use my netbook for Power-point displays or other projected information
Reading assignments:
5/9/12 No assigned readings, papers are due at
10:10 a.m.
4/18/12 Chapter 3 and 5 in The Affect
Effect
4/11/12 No class today
For 4/4/12 Chapters 1 (skim), 9 and 10 in The Affect Effect
For 3/14/12: Affective Intelligence
Chapter 5, bring research questions for group projects
For 3/7/12: Affective Intelligence
Chapters 1 - 5, Super Tuesday results
For 2/29/12: Chapters 4 - 5 in
Affective Intelligence (Marcus, Neuman, and MacKuen 2000)
For 2/22/12: Chapters 1 - 3 in
Affective Intelligence (Marcus, Neuman, and MacKuen 2000)
For 2/15/12: McDermott (2004)
For 2/8/12: Simon (1985), and Monroe and
Maher (1995)
For 2/1/12: Dowding (2005) and Edlin,
Gelman, and Kaplan (2007)
Page with various links on politics, political science, and elections
Group Projects:
(and tentative topics)
Group #1: Mejdi, Aaron, Gabriela, Paige,
and Brandon
topic: social media and emotions in political campaigns
Group #2: Margaux, Nicholas, Sara, Mario,
and Casey
topic: reporting styles and their effect on emotions and cognition, in the
presidential primary
Group #3: Salma, Carolina, Patrick, and
Maurice
topic: the primacy of affect and how swing voters (e.g., Independents)
make choices
Group #4: Martin, Nikoo, Kristina, and
Zoe
topic: the role of other emotions--e.g., fear, anger--especially in regard
to national security issues
Group #5: Eric, Gerson, Ashley, and
Blaine
topic: the youth vote and affective intelligence
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