Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, elections, Local Politics |
Post by Sarah Gully, Graduate Assistant, JMU Civic In preparation for the Harrisonburg Democratic caucus, we have prepared a brief Harrisonburg City Council Voter Guide of the five candidates running to represent the Democratic Party. The Harrisonburg Democratic Party...
Dec 11, 2019 | 2019, criminal justice, Local Politics |
Post by Garrison Ratliff and Zeina Saliba, students in Local Politics and Issue Governance, Fall 2019 On Monday, December 2nd, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Criminal Justice Board held its second meeting of the year. There was an array of topics discussed that...
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Immigration, Local Politics, Media and Politics |
Post by Shawn Donahue, Tayloe Carroll, Lily Gates Framing is defined as a way that media uses a message or story and finds ways to have the audience interpret it. This can vary from positive or negative interpretations, it is ultimately up to those telling the story....
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Immigration, Local Politics |
Post by Matthew Hershberger and John Cheefetz According to the Agenda Setting Theory, the media influences the public’s attention and mind by choosing which issues to present. In line with this theory, the media is able to act as a gatekeeper by selecting stories they...
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Local Politics |
Post by Alec Bellis, Matt Furbush, Matt Long, POSC 351 “Local Politics and Issue Governance” students Local governance is not monolithic, but multiply constituted by a variety of factors. While it is true that many different localities share similar...
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Issues, Local Politics |
Post by Katrina Tilley and Kaitlyn Carpenter, POSC 351 “Local Politics and Issue Governance” students The City of Harrisonburg conducts a City Council meeting every other Tuesday of the month. On October 22, 2019 there was a meeting held in the council...
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