I Approve This Message, an exhibition about the emotional impact of political advertising in a landscape altered by the internet, was set to open at the New-York Historical Society this September. The COVID-19 lockdown halted those plans, but we want to share a few of the exhibition’s themes, particularly as we barrel towards our new…

  New York Magazine recently warned that the 2012 presidential election could be the ” most negative in the history of American politics.” Granted, negative messages have more ways of reaching the American public than ever, with internet and Television advertising. but negative campaigns are an unfortunate tradition of the American political scene. The New-York Historical…