Syllabus: Strategic Political Communication Fall 2017 DRAFT v.1 – Updated 8/1/17 “The world is still in want of clear-headed citizens, tempered by historical perspective, disciplined by rational thinking and moral compass, who speak well and write plainly.” Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College Logistics Grading Short essays: 10% each, total of 40% (details below) Final Exam: 25% (details…
Month: August 2017
Language and Politics Syllabus, Fall 2017
Syllabus Language and Politics SMPA 3459 Fall 2017 Weds 6:10 – 8:40 pm, SMPA 308 Instructor: Peter Loge Office: SMPA 431 ploge@gwu.edu (202) 994-7835 Office “The world is still in want of clear-headed citizens, tempered by historical perspective, disciplined by rational thinking and moral compass, who speak well and write plainly.” Lee Pelton, President…
Bet on a Government Shutdown
The odds of a government shut-down at the end of the fiscal year (midnight on September 30) are extremely high. A shutdown is all political upside for the President, mostly political and policy upside for the Democrats, and a mixed bag for Republicans in Congress. On Tuesday the Republican President announced he would shut down the government if…
If those who work in politics have an ethical responsibility, to whom do they have it?
Earlier this year I tried to open a can of worms by asking what if any ethical responsibilities do I have as a political professional and an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University? That question in turn begs the question: if I have a responsibility, to whom or what do I…
Now What? Some quick thoughts.
Absent political costs for failing to oppose a President who is advancing policies (if not rhetoric) with which Republican elected officials agree, it is unlikely that Republican elected official behavior about Trump will change. It is up to those on the left and right who find Trump loathsome to make it more politically costly to…
Ideas Have Consequences and Rhetoric Matters
“We are all of us preachers in private or public capacities. We have no sooner uttered words than we have given impulse to other people to look at the world, or some small part of it, in our way…That is why I must agree with Quintilian that the true orator is the good…
Syllabus: Strategic Political Communication
The School of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University Syllabus : Strategic Political Communication – SMPA 3353 Fall 2017 Tuesday and Thursday 12:45 – 2:00pm – MPA 307 Instructor: Peter Loge ploge@gwu.edu “The world is still in want of clear-headed citizens, tempered by historical perspective, disciplined by rational thinking and moral compass, who speak…