Interesting statistic on the health care reform bill...

According to a recent Rasmussen poll, most voters think they understand the health care reform legislation proposed by President Obama better than Congress does-- and about as well as the president himself. The national telephone survey finds that just 11% of voters say Congress understands the health care bill better than they do. Additionally, 30% of voters believe they understand the bill better than the president does. 

Click here for the full article, 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/august_2009/voters_say_they_know_health_care_bill_better_than_congress

Healthcare Post

When I arrived home, I thought the below facebook status was fitting -- considering our discussion today. It's by a reporter I used to work with.

"feels like Jerry Springer might as well be hosting this health care reform town hall meeting. It's feisty! Watch @ 11:00."

Ashley's Healthcare Video

MSNBC's coverage of myths and healthcare coverage is very interesting. I'm surprised that they didn't deal with the fact that the White House's message impacts news coverage. As a news organiztion when criticizing the White House, I think it's also important to discuss the coverage you are able to air. The message the White House puts out, MSNBC covers. Also, Andrea Mitchell is stumbling off the top of the opinion poll. As a former TV journalist, it appeared to me she didn't really understand (or didn't go over) what she was even delivering.

Update on the article!!

I posted the wrong article and have fixed it on the blog but just wanted to put another post up-

the advertising article is this one:
Attitude-Behavior Consistency: The Impact of Product Trial Versus Advertising.Full Text Available By: Smith, Robert E.; Swinyard, William R.. Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Aug83, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p257-267,

Sorry for the confusion. I promise I won't ask any hard questions about this one since I'm getting the update here so late.

For those who do not know how to do LSU remote access

Click on this link and it explains how to access articles from an off-campus location. 

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/distance/offcampus.html

Formats

Hey guys...Can you post articles in HTML format instead of PDF. I am having a really hard time opening up the PDF's

Two more articles

Hi guys,

Here are the citations for two more articles for Monday:

Attitude-Behavior Consistency: The Impact of Product Trial Versus Advertising.Full Text Available By: Smith, Robert E.; Swinyard, William R.. Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Aug83, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p257-267,

Read this one after you read the Psychology of Attitudes article. While this is an advertising article, it has several implications for political communication that we can discuss Monday.


Quick, B. (2009, March). The Effects of Viewing Grey's Anatomy on Perceptions of Doctors and Patient Satisfaction. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53(1), 38-55.

This is a fun article concerning the cultivation theory from the Eveland article. You may want to think of more examples of how this may be happening in society.

If you can't find these in the LSU database, email me and I can send them to you (emabry1@tigers.lsu.edu).

See you Monday!