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Nathan Katz

Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Missouri
Chapter Member: Confluence SSN
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Katz's research focuses on the relationship between campaign finance and political advertising, and the implications it holds for democracy.

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Contributions

How Super PACs Shape U.S. Elections with Advertisements that Portray Candidates in Ways Publicly Identified Campaign Ads Often Avoid

  • Nathan Katz
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Publications

"Impression Management, Super PACs, and the 2012 Republican Primary" Symbolic Interaction 39, no. 2 (2016): 175-195.

Analyzes the impression management techniques used by both candidates and candidate-specific Super PACs in political advertisements during the 2012 Republican primary. Finds that while there are some differences, the advertisements follow the same performance patterns and have a complimentary nature to one another.