Slides

1. POL 375 / SOC 400
Fall 2018

4. Instructions:
On a scratch sheet of paper, write down
anything and everything that comes to mind
relating to the word:
SCANDAL

5. Instructions:
Write your own definition of scandal.
Feel free to use some of the words
that you listed in the last exercise.
Pair up in small groups
and share your definitions.

7.  Improve grasp on society / polity at large
 Learn why some events become scandals,
while others do not
 Provide knowledge about aftermath of
inappropriate behavior by public figures
 Short and Long-Term Effects
 Learn about society as a whole

9.  Involves political leader/ figure
 Main action(s) or event(s) of a scandal involve
some sort of behavioral transgression
 Behavior must be known to others
 Behavior must be serious enough to elicit a
public response

10.  Action
 Publicity
 Public Response

12.  No-ConsequenceTheory
 Trivialization Theory
 PsychiatricTheory
 SocialTheory
 RIPTheory
 RIP = Revelations, Investigation, Prosecution

14.  Accountability and Efficiency
 Transparency in Government
 Consumer Sentiment on Economy
 Congressional/Presidential Approval Ratings
 Gallup’s “Most Important Problem”
 Freedom House: Political Rights, Civil Liberties

16.  “Lapdog” Journalism
 “Watchdog” Journalism
 “Junkyard Dog” Journalism
 “Pack” Journalism

29. Clinton was fond of saying, “I feel your pain”
and hugging pretty much everyone.

32. INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL
KEN STARR
HOUSE SPEAKER
NEWT GINGRICH

34. Monica
Lewinsky
Linda
Tripp
Henry
Hyde

38.  1) Initial Break-In
 2) A “Third-Rate Burglary Attempt”
 3) Significance of CREEP
 CREEP – Committee to Re-Elect the President
 4) Woodward, Bernstein, and “Deep
Throat”
 5)The Ervin Committee andTheTapes

39.  6)The “Saturday Night Massacre”
 7) Release ofTranscripts
 8) United States v. Nixon
 9) Nixon’s Resignation
 10)The Ford Pardon