Talking Politics with Leah Sprain: Making Non-Answers Hearable
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | 7 pm EST
A common view of politicians is that, when they are asked questions, they rarely answer them. Question evasion is deeply bothersome to publics, but experiments
show that audiences are not good at identifying dodging techniques. In this talk, Leah Sprain (ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ) explores
what debate moderators can do to make politicians’ evasion easier to notice—in other words, how moderators can make a non-answer hearable as a non-answer. This webinar offers practical theory that can moderators can use to make candidate forums and debates
more accountable to their publics through ground rules, formats, and goals.
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