Michael M. Franz

Assistant Professor of Government

Spring 2008

  • Introduction to American Government (GOV 150)
  • Money and Politics (GOV 308)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Government (GOV 401)
Phone (207) 798-4318
Title Assistant Professor
Department GOVERNMENT
Work Location 203 Hubbard Hall
E-Mail mfranz@bowdoin.edu
Michael M. Franz: Bowdoin College: Gov

 
Personal website: www.bowdoin.edu/~mfranz

Books

 book1

Campaign Advertising and American Democracy (with Paul Freedman, Kenneth Goldstein, and Travis Ridout) (Temple University Press, 2007)


book2 
Choices and Changes: Interest Groups in the Electoral Process (Temple University Press, 2008).  Research for this book was based on my dissertation, which was awarded the American Political Science Association's E.E. Schattschneider Award the best doctoral dissertation in the field of American government.

 

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Michael Franz, Paul Freedman, Kenneth Goldstein, and Travis Ridout.  Forthcoming. “Understanding the Effect of Political Ads on Voter Turnout: A Response to Krasno and Green” Journal of Politics.

Michael Franz and Travis Ridout. 2007. “Do Political Ads Persuade?” Political Behavior.

Travis Ridout and Michael Franz. 2007. “Measures Matter: Assessing Measures of Campaign Tone,” Political Communication.

Michael M. Franz, Joel Rivlin, and Kenneth Goldstein.  2006.  "Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post-BCRA," in Michael Malbin (ed.) The Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Travis Ridout, Dhavan Shah, Kenneth Goldstein, and Michael M. Franz.  2004.  "Evaluating Measures of Campaign Advertising Exposure on Political Learning," Political Behavior. 26 (3): 201-225     

Paul Freedman, Michael M. Franz, and Kenneth Goldstein.  2004.  "Campaign Advertising and Democratic Citizenship," American Journal of Political Science. 48(3): 723-741.  

Michael M. Franz and Kenneth Goldstein.  2002. "Following the (Soft) Money: Party Advertisements in American Elections," in Sandy Maisel (ed.) The Parties Respond, 4th Edition.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press.