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Kelli Lammie's Teaching and Research Interests:

My principle area of interest, as well as my recent research, has been in the blending of popular culture and political communication. I am currently working on a number of different projects that explore celebrity endorsements of politicians and attempt to understand celebrity influence in electoral campaigns. My other research interests include persuasion theory, media effects, the role of source credibility in political communication, the use of entertainment programming and comedy in shaping political attitudes, and the influence of a variety of media on political knowledge, interest, and participation.

Publications/Presentations

Articles (selected)

• Kelli E. Lammie (forthcoming) Celebrities in Politics. In Lynda Lee Kaid and Christina Holtz-Bacha (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Sage. 
• Nathaniel Persily and Kelli E. Lammie (2004) “Perceptions of Corruption and Campaign Finance: When Public Opinion Determines Constitutional Law,” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 153 (1): 119-180. 
• Kathleen Jamieson, Kelli E. Lammie, Claire Wardle and Susan Krutt (2003) “Questions About Hypotheticals and Details in Reporting on Anthrax” Journal of Health Communication, Volume 8: 121-123.

Conference presentations (selected)

• Kelli E. Lammie, “Entertaining Washington DC: The Effectiveness of Celebrity Endorsements” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Fransisco, CA. May, 2007.
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Embedded Meaning: How the meaning found in celebrities may help politicians” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. November, 2006.
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Meaningful or Meaningless? A theory of celebrity endorsements of political candidates” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. August, 2006. 
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Youth Political Engagement in the Online World” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA. November, 2005.
• Kelli E. Lammie, “The Not So ‘Powerless Elite.’ Can celebrities be effective endorsers of political candidates?” Paper presented at Celebrity Culture: An interdisciplinary conference, University of Paisley, Ayr, Scotland, UK. September, 2005. 
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Young Adults and a Model for Political Participation” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY. May, 2005. 
• Russell M. Tisinger and Kelli E. Lammie, “Exemplification, War and Iraq: Examining the Effects of Exposure to Violence in Iraq on Attitudes on the Iraq War” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers, Miami, FL. May, 2005.
  Diana C. Mutz and Kelli E. Lammie, “Comedy Shows, Political News, and Belief Change: Descartes and Spinoza Watch The Daily Show” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April, 2005. 
• Kelli E. Lammie and Lee Humphreys, “No Votes for Turncoats’ An Analysis of Bumper Stickers as Public Discourse” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. November, 2004.
• Nathaniel Persily and Kelli E. Lammie, “Perceptions of Corruption and Campaign Finance:  When Public Opinion Determines Constitutional Law” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.  August, 2004.
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Translating Dissatisfaction into Political Activity:  An Examination of Age, Efficacy, and Perceived Government Relevance” Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.  May, 2004.
• Kelli E. Lammie, “Translating News Consumption into Political Knowledge:  Young Adults and the Public Sphere” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, February, 2003. 

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