i'm famous...well kind of...

as i mentioned in my very first blog...i'm in the process of finishing up my master's degree at san jose state university...in my graduate seminar on argumentation and debate we had to write papers focusing on various areas of debate...considering my area of focus revolves around politics...i did mine on the 2004 debates between bush and kerry...i did a content analysis of the debates in order to determine if the material focused more on personality traits or issues...what i concluded was that the debates still swayed toward policies...but the information was given in very broad generalizations as opposed to well organized plans...i have an issue with saying that debates primarily give viewers policy information when all they get is "we will work to keep america strong"...as a result...i'm presenting my paper as part of a "young" (i laugh at this because i'm 37) scholars panel...i was going to put the link to the nca conference website here but apparently that doesn't work...so you'll just have to take my word for it or show up in boston nov 17-20...oh yeah...and i've recently added some interesting blogs that i've found...enjoy...pleasant dreams...