Edition Contents

Debbi Hatton, Managing Editor

ARTICLES

The Freedom to Choose a Personal Agenda: Removing Our Reliance on the Media Agenda

By:  Jennifer Brubaker

Online Forums as an Arena for Political Discussion: What Politicians and Activities Can Learn From Teachers

By: Kevin Y. Wang

The President and The Press: The Framing of George W. Bush’s Speech to the United Nations on November 10, 2001

By: Jim A. Kuypers, Stephen D. Cooper, and Matt Althouse

A Portrait of a Transformational Leader: An Analysis of Text and Image on BarackObama.com

By: David E. Gliem & James A. Janack

User-generated video and the online public sphere: Will YouTube facilitate digital freedom of expression in Atlantic Canada?

By: Mary Milliken, Kerri Gibson, Susan O’Donnell

The Impact of Perceived Political Advertising: The 2005 Lebanese Parliamentary Election

By: George Najib Farha & Bassam Hamdar

BOOK REVIEWS

Dorsey, Leroy G. – We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple

Reviewed by: Patricia Foley

Longo, Nicholas V. – Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life

Reviewed by: Trudy Mercadal

Lunch, Nick & Lunch, Chris- Insight into Participatory Video-A Handbook for the Field

Reviewed by: Adam Doran