Introduction
For this project, select a person whom you believe had significant influence (positive or negative) on a movement for social, economic, and/or political change in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore and address the following in your project:

• Summarize the person’s ideas.
• How did the ideas or changes affect the establishment and status quo?
• What was the context in which this person proposed ideas/change?
• How did the government or the people respond to the ideas/change?
• What sort of following or support did he/she have?
• How have the ideas/actions of the person influenced contemporary cultures and ideas?

Instructions
The final step in the course project is to develop the presentation with audio narration.

• You may use PowerPoint or another method (mp4 file) approved by your instructor.
• Deliver the presentation in a professional and engaging manner.
• Include parenthetical in-text citations support observations made in the presentation. Make sure to read the citations when recording your narration. Do not read the references slide.

Presentation Requirements

• Length: 4-6 minutes narrated presentation
• Slide length: 5-8 slides (not including title slide, conclusion slide, or references slide)
• Title slide
• Conclusion slide

• References slide (minimum of 8 scholarly sources cited in APA format; not narrated)

History: Hillary Clinton

Women play an integral role in promoting positive sociopolitical and economic progress. However, they are the most disadvantaged and underserved populations in the United States and other parts of the world. Hillary Clinton is one of the most powerful and influential women in the United States and beyond. From the time of her birth in 1947 to the present moment, Clinton has been at the forefront in promoting human rights and equality for all. Hillary continues to promote liberal ideologies across the country. For instance, she took the lead in promoting the rights of American LGBT societies. Hillary Clinton is lauded for the important role that she played in fighting inequality, promoting economic development, and improving access to health for all Americans.

Life History

Hillary’s journey to prominence can be traced back to 1947 when she was born in Chicago, Illinois.  Born in a family of five, Hillary’s parents were strong Republican conservatives. She first learned about politics from her father Hugh Rodham, who was a Republican politician.  Hillary and Bill got married before her husband became governor of Arkansas. When Bill became president in 1992, she became the first lady. In 2000, she won the support of many Americans, leading to her election as the US Senate. In both 2008 and 2016, Hillary unsuccessfully contested for the position of president. Currently, she works with many policymakers and activist groups in promoting positive social change.

Women and Power

Very few women often dare to seek political power. Hillary Clinton defied such gender odds by becoming one of the fewest women to contest for the opposition of president in the United States. According to Edwards (2011), Hillary’s 2008 presidential campaign was all about gender merged with manifestos and plans for citizens. Hillary led a group of second-wave feminist political icons. During the campaigns, Hillary envisaged an American system that would provide women with equal opportunities for formal jobs, access to top managerial positions, and political power. Hillary also used gendered campaign approaches discourage discrimination and harassments against women in the workplace.

Image Repair using Communication Campaigns

Like prominent male politicians, women also get mired in many scandals that threaten to destroy their public image. Hillary utilized various public relations strategies to repair her image and reputation. She overcame the traditional models of first ladies since she was mired in scandals such as the White Water Land and Monica Lewinsky scandal. According to Oles-Acevedo (2012), Clinton sought to gain a favorable public image by utilizing the Benoit’s model of image repair. The theory is used to design public image messages that can help reduce negative outcomes that damage people’s reputation. For instance, Clinton employed strategies such as denial and minimizing offensiveness in a bid to repair his reputation.

Communication Channels of Choice

The emergence of digital technologies has revolutionized the ways in which feminists mobilize and campaign. This is especially true when it comes to Hillary Clinton’s widespread use of social media applications to spread the feminist agenda. Indeed, social media has both constructive and destructive perspectives (Ritchie, 2013). For instance, the use of social media particularly exposes individuals to attacks from user-generated contents. Such contents may be developed from rivals, such as Cambridge Analytica. Another challenge of social media is that one event that damages the reputation of an individual can go viral and be accessed by millions of people within a short span. Unlike traditional media, social media cannot be easily censured.

Weakness: Benghazi Media Coverage

All politicians strive for positive media publicity. However, the Benghazi scandal adversely affected Hillary’s coverage. How an individual manages such crises determines whether the coverage will destroy them or not. According to Harp, Loke and Bacnmann (2016), female personalities often receive different forms of media coverage. In particular, news coverage often follow gendered lines. Such approaches often overlook women’s competence and capabilities in political matters. Harp et al. (2016) many strides have been made towards realization of gender equality. However, news coverage is never done in an equitable manner between men and women.

References

Edwards, J. L. (2011). The 2008 Gendered Campaign and the Problem with” Hillary Studies”.

Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 14(1), 155-167.

Harp, D., Loke, J., & Bachmann, I. (2016). Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearing coverage:

Political competence, authenticity, and the persistence of the double bind. Women’s

Studies in Communication, 39(2), 193-210.

Oles-Acevedo, D. (2012). Fixing the Hillary factor: Examining the trajectory of Hillary Clinton’s

image repair from political bumbler to political powerhouse. American Communication

Journal, 14(1), 33-46.

Ritchie, J. (2013). Creating a monster: online media constructions of Hillary Clinton during the

Democratic Primary Campaign, 2007–8. Feminist Media Studies, 13(1), 102-119

Influential Figure of 20th Century

Landler, M. (2016). Alter egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the twilight struggle over American power. Random House.

The article analyses the fascinating relationship between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama. It is further asserted that the relationship between the two framed the nation’s great debates over peace and war for the last few years. The article talks of how the two leaders pressed their views through a restrained, inward-looking, painfully aware of limits against hard-edged, unabashedly old-fashioned and pragmatic stands. It is such a useful article is pointing to some of the policies and big moves made during these times with great pressure and contribution from Hillary Clinton. It is a reliable article from an author who is a political analyst and a writer in New York Times columns.

Lee, J., & Lim, Y. S. (2016). Gendered campaign tweets: the cases of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Public Relations Review, 42(5), 849-855.

The study examines the case of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on gendered campaign tweets. The author discusses the reflected political candidate’s gendered communication strategies in their tweets and even on their campaign websites. The masculine personality traits and feminine issues are emphasized by Clinton. Clinton expresses her opinions about public issues through tweets and utilizes actively the multimedia tweets to strengthen her bid for the presidential seat. The research will be useful in examining how female politicians tend to put more weight on their masculine personality traits and feminine issues to counteract the gender stereotypes which are damaging. The research is very much reliable for it uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to asset any claim posed and supports the conclusion drawn therein.

Meeks, L. (2013). All the gender that’s fit to print: How the New York Times covered Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in 2008. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 90(3), 520-539.

The study examines a culturally significant event that was covered by the New York Times in the 2008 presidential election. The article brings in a content analysis of Hillary Clinton among others focusing on the coverage of the feminized and masculinized traits and issues, and explicit novelty references. It is a useful article for it will help the researcher in examining the stereotypes that Hillary Clinton had to fight and overcome to rise as an influential leader of the 20th century.

Parry-Giles, S. J. (2014). Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and authenticity in American politics. University of Illinois Press.

The article talks of the authenticity difficulties that have faced the former first lady-turned-senator-turned presidential candidate and now an influential figure in the 20th century. She is a woman in the spotlight who has been termed by some political analysts as “inauthentic” as the article implies. The fact that Hillary Clinton is a woman and the representation of what women can do in politics, then it is clear that issues of gender and stereotyping must have arisen at some point in her life. The article provides a central critique of Hillary Clinton which is helpful sediment for every leader and thus it will help in putting my leader into a mirror for examination.

Edwards, J. L. (2011). The 2008 Gendered Campaign and the Problem with” Hillary Studies”. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 14(1), 155-167.

The article explores how 2008 was staged on gender instead of sound manifestos and plans for the citizens. It brings forth how gender contributed to the success and failure of some political candidates. The author talks of what he calls second-wave feminist political- icons. The article focuses on an unfurled tired phrase by the media “Year of The Women” during the primaries for the mid-term 2010 election. The phrase is highly criticized by this author thus bringing in the strategies that have been employed by women to rise in the political ladder. Hillary Clinton is one of those icons. It will be a useful article in envisioning the arrival of gender parity in national politics and for the shape of related scholarship.

Oles-Acevedo, D. (2012). Fixing the Hillary factor: Examining the trajectory of Hillary Clinton’s image repair from political bumbler to political powerhouse. American Communication Journal, 14(1), 33-46.

Oles talks of how an ordinary person grows systematically to become a great leader. Every leader always experiences a downside and strong they come back after the fall determines their great success in politics. Political relevance is not gained in a day, but it is a process of continued support. It involves learning through everything and structuring. In these articles, it is evident that the author gives the different tips, experiences, and challenges that can turn an ordinary person into a political icon and an influential figure. The research is tied to American history with an enormous focus on American politics. The author has gone further to specifically point out at Hilary Clinton. The article is very much useful in my research for it analyses traits of a great leader and even goes further to point at Hillary Clinton who is my influential figure of choice.

Ritchie, J. (2013). Creating a monster: online media constructions of Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Primary Campaign, 2007–8. Feminist Media Studies, 13(1), 102-119.

The process of politicking is thought to be a clean deal but deep inside it involves a lot that is mainly played behind the curtains. Every new day in politics is like a game of Ace and thus any person can lose if they are not keen. The media has been so instrumental in active politics and almost every great leader in the 20th century has walked in these shoes for a while. The author point into the different impacts the media can have on shaping the present and future of a leader. Ritchie gives the destructive and constructive version of the media. Hillary Clinton has been a presidential candidate in the previous presidential election, she used online media by a great percentage.  The article talks about a monster that can be created through online media. The article is viable in the sense that most of the American politics in the recent past has involved high online presence. It will help in the study by bringing in some of the moves Hillary Clinton made through the online media and their effects on her as a leader and even to the American nation.

Harp, D., Loke, J., & Bachmann, I. (2016). Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearing coverage: Political competence, authenticity, and the persistence of the double bind. Women’s Studies in Communication, 39(2), 193-210.

The article presents the progress regarding how a notable number of female politicians such as Hillary Clinton has been displayed by the news media coverage. The news coverage has been found to follow gendered lines that disregard women’s competence in political affairs. The research brings into the table the railroads that have been made toward gender equality. The study presents a textual analysis that has examined articles from eight news websites that covered Hillary Clinton’s 2013 congressional testimony. The research is very useful in establishing how the media has been displaying and describing the different appearances and moves made by Clinton.

References

Edwards, J. L. (2011). The 2008 Gendered Campaign and the Problem with” Hillary Studies”. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 14(1), 155-167.

Harp, D., Loke, J., & Bachmann, I. (2016). Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearing coverage: Political competence, authenticity, and the persistence of the double bind. Women’s Studies in Communication, 39(2), 193-210.

Landler, M. (2016). Alter egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the twilight struggle over American power. Random House.

Lee, J., & Lim, Y. S. (2016). Gendered campaign tweets: the cases of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Public Relations Review, 42(5), 849-855.

Meeks, L. (2013). All the gender that’s fit to print: How the New York Times covered Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in 2008. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 90(3), 520-539.

Oles-Acevedo, D. (2012). Fixing the Hillary factor: Examining the trajectory of Hillary Clinton’s image repair from political bumbler to political powerhouse. American Communication Journal, 14(1), 33-46.

Parry-Giles, S. J. (2014). Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and authenticity in American politics. University of Illinois Press.

Ritchie, J. (2013). Creating a monster: online media constructions of Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Primary Campaign, 2007–8. Feminist Media Studies, 13(1), 102-119.