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UW Professor Discusses How Wisconsinites Talk About Politics
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UW-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner co-published a paper
UW-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner co-published a recent paper looking into how Wisconsinites talked, and didn't talk, about Gov. Scott Walker's controversial Act 10 law in 2011. The law struck collective bargaining abilities from public-sector unions and sparked massive protests at the state Capitol. The paper is published in the Journal of Communication.
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UW Professor Discusses How Wisconsinites Talk About Politics
Clip: Season 1500 Episode 1534 | 5m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
UW-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner co-published a recent paper looking into how Wisconsinites talked, and didn't talk, about Gov. Scott Walker's controversial Act 10 law in 2011. The law struck collective bargaining abilities from public-sector unions and sparked massive protests at the state Capitol. The paper is published in the Journal of Communication.
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