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CCSU Panel to Discuss ‘New Media’s’ Influence and Presidential Politics

NEW BRITAIN – The question is not whether bloggers and the “new media” are having an impact on the 2008 presidential campaign experts say, but rather how much of an affect.  Central Connecticut State University will host what promises to be a lively panel discussion featuring former U.S. Senate candidate and current CCSU adjunct professor of Political Science and Philosophy Ned Lamont.

Lamont will be joined by panelists Tim Tagaris, Dan Gerstein and Mark Pazniokas at the 11 a.m., February 13 event scheduled for the Camp-Philbrick Room of the CCSU Student Center.  The event is free and open to the public.

Tagaris, who has been hailed as a “netroots wizard,” is also seen as a skilled practitioner of new media in his efforts to promote progressive candidates and causes.

Gerstein was the campaign manager for Lamont rival Sen. Joseph Lieberman, while Pazniokas is a Hartford Courant columnist who writes mainly on contemporary politics.

Expected to be wide-ranging in scope, the forum will focus on the current presidential campaign and the various new ways in which candidates are getting there messages out using innovative technologies and methods.

Parking is available without charge in CCSU parking garages and surface lots.

 

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