Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: In 1961, Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, a former newspaper sports columnist, announced that Roger Maris’s home run record would not be recognized unless he set it in 154 games, as record-holder Babe Ruth did. Frick’s announcement sparked criticism. This paper demonstrates that the motive for Frick’s actions was loyalty toward Ruth, as reflected both in his ghostwriting for Ruth and his columns in the New York Journal newspaper.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Many economic sanctions fail because sanction threats trigger a perverse Rally-Round-The-Flag (RRF) effect within the domestic politics of the target, leading some to recommend smaller sanctions, mixing them, or substituting them altogether with carrots. Carrots instead are said to trigger the virtuous Fifth-Column (5C) effect—the opposite of the RRF effect. While there is lots of ad hoc reasoning for why RRF and 5C effects happen and why carrots should be preferred, little exists in the form of multivariate model that takes the domestic politics into account. Our goal is to model the problem, derive hypotheses, and take the hypotheses to facts. This is the first attempt at modeling these effects._x000d_We build upon the Ricardo-Viner model of trade with imperfectly mobile labor tagged to a two-country sanctioning model that takes into account the Target’s domestic politics. The model confirms central claims advanced by the literature (weak sanctions and rewards are more efficient than tough sanctions when power in Target is contested) and suggest new claims (when they work, sanctions work better than rewards while in some cases neither rewards nor sanctions work). We test the main contentions on the Hufbauer et al. and TIES datasets.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: A content analysis of New York Times and Washington Post op-ed columns over two one-year periods found that coverage of immigration issues increased over time and was framed in terms of political action. Columnists were more likely to mention politicians as initial sources of immigration information than expert or immigrant sources. Columnists were also more likely to address immigration issues with a positive overall tone which was significantly related to the immigrants’ area of origin.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: The paper analyzes the language of Israeli gossip columns. The style used by columnists attempts to recreate the intimate interaction occuring when sharing gossip among friends. Though this gossip is printed in the media, a good columnist is able to challenge readers and engage them in deciphering enigmatic gossip items. This is achieved by a variety of discourse startegies, including style and code mixing, direct address to the audience and a unique persona of the column itself. The result is a fake intimacy that replicate oral exchange of information and compensate for the lack of immediacy. A new media discourse has been created, waiting for thorough analysis.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript