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"Sex, Lies, and War: How Soft News Brings Foreign Policy to the Inattentive Public"

Thursday, April 4, 2002

Matthew Baum

Co-presented with the MA in International Relations Program

Matthew Baum, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include political communications, mass media, public opinion, and foreign policy. He will present from his research on the influence of “soft” news programs, programs geared towards entertainment rather than news broadcasting, on the perceptions of war, foreign policy, and presidential decision-making.

NGO with Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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