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Sunday, November 4, 2012

The US Presidential Election: 60 Years in 4 Minutes

Posted on 4:04 PM by Unknown


On the eve of the US presidential election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, we present Hugh Atkin's montage of election campaigns in the TV age: from Eisenhower (1952) to Obama (2012). It reveals how much has (and has not) changed in American political and media culture during the last six decades:




See also Emily Duff's article on the influence of the internet in the 2012 election.
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