Science fiction meets real biology in "Avatar"
The Life Science Library’s Science Study Break takes on the alien world of James Cameron’s blockbuster film “Avatar.” Dr. Misha Matz of the School of Biological Sciences reveals the real science behind...
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In this video, Dr. Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud discusses how our political behaviors and attitudes affect our media use. Stroud is an assistant professor of communication studies in The University of...
View ArticleThe power of money over the primaries
Sherri Greenberg is lecturer and director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of...
View ArticleForecasting the Republican presidential primaries
Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, is an expert on U.S. nation-building, modern international relations, contemporary...
View ArticleWhy Rick Perry went for South Carolina
Sherri Greenberg is lecturer and director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of...
View ArticleNegative ads and political outcomes
In this video, Paul Stekler offers his analysis of political campaign advertisements, focusing on the Republican primaries. A professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and department...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of Ron Paul
Sherri Greenberg is lecturer and director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of...
View ArticleIndependent voter myths, super PACs and more
In this video, Government Professor Daron Shaw talks about the trouble with super PACs, Independent swing voters and predictions on the 2012 presidential and Senate elections. An experienced survey...
View ArticlePoll shows Rick Santorum is favored in Texas
In this video James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, talks about what the results of the February 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll says about the Republican primary in Texas....
View ArticleMarketing emotion and micro-targeting through political ads
Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto is a Fellow at the Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, a visiting scholar in the Department of Government and director...
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