From policy to performance, a panel of five political experts analyses the first televised leaders’ debate of the 2020 New Zealand election campaign.
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Three new approaches in the field of competitive academic debate offer ideas that could help presidential debates serve both their public purposes.
Race, gender and social class still play a massive part in deciding who gets ahead in film, TV and radio.
The only satisfactory debate arrangement everyone agreed to nearly 60 years ago largely remains in place today – the game show format.
The party leaders clashed over Brexit, Northern Ireland and the NHS.
Both party leaders seem to elicit stronger negative responses than positive.
Debates may help voters identify which candidate shares their views but they do not help them think critically about those views. That’s because presidential debates don’t live up to their name.
Calling an election was a risk, as was opting out of the BBC live debate. And the PM may now be having some regrets.
She faced criticism for not taking part in the BBC head-to-head, but the PM would have struggled had she done another late U-turn.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the third and final US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Scholars from the Washington University in St. Louis react to the second presidential debate.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the second US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
We asked a group of scholars to listen to Clinton vs. Trump and pick just one quote to react to. Here’s what the experts heard.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The impact of presidential debates has always been overrated – and when they do make a difference, it’s for the wrong reasons.
Even Trump and Clinton have oratorical anxieties. Here are some research-based strategies presidential candidates and the rest of us can use to overcome them.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the first Turnbull-Shorten debate with an eye across key policy areas and the leaders’ performances.
The final big pitch to the voters has been made. So who came out on top?
A coalition negotiation has unfolded live on TV, and the incumbents quickly became irrelevant.
The leadership debate screened on ITV on April 2 marked a historic moment in British politics. While 2010 brought the British public the first ever televised debates, the 2015 version saw seven leaders…
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and Director of Debate, Vanderbilt University
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Chair of Academic Board, Victoria University
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Professor of Politics, University of Warwick
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Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds
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Professor, School of Journalism, Media and Culture; University Dean of Research Environment and Culture, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Project Manager, Murdoch University
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
