Dave Karpf on why the political media environment matters more than issues скачать в хорошем качестве

Dave Karpf on why the political media environment matters more than issues

One year after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, Democrats are still trying to figure out what to do for the next time around, and in the 2026 midterm elections. There are many people offering advice to the Democrats in this regard, and certainly the most well-funded are the ones who say that the party has become too liberal and has to modify its stances to become more popular and resonant with public opinion. And at the same time, there are people on the further left side of the coalition arguing that the Democrats have become too conservative and that they have alienated people who want a more radical change in society to fix things that are broken, and not to step back at all on defending abortion access or trans rights. Each side of this intra-left debate offers worthy points, but both groups tend to understate the immense effect that media have on people’s political opinions. That is the central topic of my new e-book, What Republicans Know, so please do help me out and purchase it if you haven’t yet. (What Republicans Know   / what-republicans-142008768   ) Someone else’s work you should consider in this regard is our guest on today’s program: Dave Karpf is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University, and he’s written several books on the role of media and public opinion. Last week, he wrote an article in the New Republic about a new report from a group called WelcomePAC, which argued that Democrats need to become more moderate, but which also largely ignored how many people don’t know about candidates’ policy views. FULL TRANSCRIPT https://plus.flux.community/p/democra... LINKS https://bsky.app/profile/davekarpf.bs... https://newrepublic.com/article/20239... https://decidingtowin.org/ MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS This is a free episode of Theory of Change, but in order to keep the show sustainable, the full audio, video, and transcript for some episodes are available to subscribers only. The deep conversations we bring you about politics, religion, technology, and media take great time and care to produce. Your subscriptions make Theory of Change possible and we’re very grateful for your help. Please join today to get full access! Substack: https://theoryofchange.show/ Patreon:   / discoverflux   If you would like to support the show but don’t want to subscribe, you can also send one-time donations via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/theor... If you're not able to support financially, please help us by subscribing and/or leaving a nice review on Apple Podcasts. Doing this helps other people find Theory of Change and our great guests. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ABOUT THE SHOW Theory of Change is hosted by Matthew Sheffield about larger trends and intersections of politics, religion, media, and technology. It's part of the Flux Community, a new content network of podcasters and writers. Please visit us at flux.community to learn more and to tell us about what you're doing. We're constantly growing and learning from the great people we meet. Get access to all the Flux podcasts visit: https://linktr.ee/discoverflux Theory of Change on Twitter:   / theorychange   Theory of Change on YouTube:    / @theoryofchangepodcast   Matthew Sheffield on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield Matthew Sheffield on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/matthew.flux... Matthew Sheffield on Twitter:   / mattsheffield