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Welcome to the Fall 2006 Issue
The American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting is coming up soon and I hope to see many of you there at the division business meeting and reception:
Political Communication Division Business Meeting: Friday, September 1, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Reception (held with Political Psychology Division): Friday, September 1, 7:00 p.m.
At the business meeting, Robert Entman will receive the Murray Edelman distinguished career award, and several others will receive best conference paper, journal essay, and book awards. Congratulations to Bob! You can find the full list of winners, as well as the winners announced at the 2006 ICA conference here (or by clicking on the link to the left).
The Division is also putting on an excellent short course on "Crisis Communication" (see the anouncement here) before the conference and there are a number of excellent short courses taking place as well, including a course on "Studying Public Opinion Before Polling" and another on "What Neuroscience has to offer Political Scence."
Which brings me to the topic of this issue's commentary and roundtable. As I perused the APSA conference program, I was struck by how many panels and papers were devoted to the role of emotions in politics. No less than 5 panels and more than a dozen papers are devoted to the subject. A similar number of panels and papers appeared at the recent ICA meeting in Dresden as well.
Since the publication of Marcus, Neuman and MacKuen's Affective Intelligence and Political Judgment (University of Chicago Press, 2000), I had kept an eye on this research, but given the explosion of activity in the field t seems appropriate to give it more focused attention. So I asked George Marcus to write a commentary that reviewed the state of the field from his perspective, and I was able to cobble together an excellent group of scholars to describe their own views on research in this area. It seems particularly timely to consider this research because one of its biggest impacts has been on theorizing about voter and candidate behavior. I hope you enjoy the collection as much as I have enjoyed putting it together. I want to thank all the contributors for their hard work.
Along with the roundtable, this issue has the usual assortment of resources--calls for papers and upcoming meetings, lists of books and available grants, and a spotlight on [XXX] as this issue's featured data resource.
You'll also find the minutes of the ICA division's business meeting--held in Dresden last May.
As always, I appreciate any and all feedback and suggestions for future roundtables.
See you in Philadelphia!
David Ryfe
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