Talking Policy in Congressional Campaigns: Construction of Policy Narratives in Electoral Politics

• In Event: Cultural Theory Working Group: Attention as Currency in the Information Age: Constructing, Consuming, and Comparing Policy Narratives.

Brief Overview

This study analyzes the narratives from campaigns in the top 2018 US House swing districts to understand if policy narratives also exist within electoral campaigns and whether they hold similar structures as they do within the policy process.

Author

• Deserai Crow, University of Colorado Denver