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The Audio from NPR on politics and archetypes

From NPR's website:

"Collision of Myths"


"What American myths do Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain embody? And how do those myths collide? Larry talks with Todd Gitlin, a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University, about the aspects of this campaign that go deeper than the slogans, strategies and attacks."

http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/

(scroll down to "Collision of Myths" from the October 7th 2008 show)

NPR on Antidepressants

Another interesting piece I ran across on NPR's website. This one to do with antidepressants:


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18184538

Archetypes and the Political Campaigns

On NPR today I heard a segment on how each presidential candidate is tapping into some unspoken archetypes that voters may unwillingly associate with. The campaign organizers surely are all to aware of the character they are selling the public and the narrative they are placing their character into, but their story has to stick be relevant to the public in order for their character to save the day. Here's an interesting piece from the sociologist, Todd Gitlin, I heard today on NPR. It's a very interesting piece:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gitlin28-2008sep28,0,7896539.story

The interview from my local NPR station will hopefully get up here tomorrow if I remember.