Wonks and War Rooms
Where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors. Elizabeth quizzes them on pol comm theory and they tell her how ridiculous (or super helpful) that theory actually is.
Wonks and War Rooms
Liquid Politics with Etienne Rainville from the Boys in Short Pants
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Elizabeth Dubois
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Season 2
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Episode 6
Etienne Rainville of The Boys in Short Pants podcast, former Hill staffer, and government relations expert chats with Elizabeth about liquid modernity. They chat about how the fast-paced nature of politics, how political actors learn about the issues, and the role of Twitter in Canadian politics and policy making.
Additional Resources
Chapter 4 in the book Political Communication and Social Theory by Davis is a great place to start to understand liquid politics.
Etienne also mentions Policy Options, Canada2020, Canada Strong and Free Network and Parliamentary Committees in this episode.
Check out www.polcommtech.ca for annotated transcripts of this episode in English and French.
