Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Melvin Williams, PhD, was quoted in Vox on the topic of celebrity endorsements and how that affects decision-making at the polls.
He said, “Political candidates are heavily leaning on celebrities as a mechanism to attract the attention of this cycle’s youngest voting demographic: Generation Z.â€
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