Chapter 1

The Politics of Negativity?
Introduction | Global Perspective | Popular Perspective | Interactive Exercise
Historical Perspective:  Negative campaigning has a long and storied history in the United States.  For examples and more information about the mudslinging of the past, check out the following links.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10102008/profile2.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/mf.campaign.slurs.slogans/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkrwENN5CQ

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E4DC173FF932A35751C0A9669C8B63

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E4DB1E3DF931A3575BC0A9669C8B63

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E5DD1531F936A25751C0A9669C8B63

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6386607

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/us/politics/26tennessee.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC9j6Wfdq3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFYpd0q9nE

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/10/24/us/1194817103500/tennessee-senate.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbdzMLk9wHQ

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102601811.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/politics/campaign/08campaign.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1195059668-jsZsgr06ZBR/Es/DLuhU8g

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DD1F3FF937A2575BC0A9679C8B63

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DC1038F93AA1575AC0A965958260

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/us/politics/27ads.html?_r=1

http://www.completecampaigns.com/article.asp?articleid=8

http://pcl.stanford.edu/common/docs/research/iyengar/1996/goingneg.html

http://reason.com/archives/2006/11/14/three-cheers-for-dirty-tricks

http://www.edge-page.net/jamb2005/soubeyran.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9P-4KKNHXT-1&_user=669286&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000036298&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=669286&md5=d8ec524688ddc9f36e63f5048ff5d19b

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/30/richardson-urges-obama-and-edwards-to-end-negative-campaigning/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/opinion/15skinner.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E2D6113CF93AA15752C0A9669C8B63

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E7D8143BF931A25750C0A9669C8B63

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/opinion/nyregionopinions/NJkean.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/opinion/02brooks.html