But that could change if a televised debate happens, notes Mauser, who can also talk about the tone of campaign advertising as the contest heats up. Because the news media tends to cover elections as if they are horse races or to focus on the party strategies rather than positions, the increase in use of the Internet has become a way of getting directly to voters. Cross is also monitoring media coverage of the current election campaign as part of her research and can look at how the election story is being covered. But the labelling conceals more than it reveals. Just as the word communist was used during the cold war, anarchist is used to cut off debate and mislead people.
Previous research shows the plates are stuck against each other over a large area.
As a result, strain is slowly accumulating that ultimately will be released in a devastating magnitude 8 or 9 quake, says John Clague, Shrum professor of science at SFU, adding that the new findings indicate other parts of the plate boundary experience slow slippage. Continued research may provide clues as to when the next great earthquake will occur in the region, adds Clague, who is searching for such premonitory signals of great earthquakes on the west coast of North America.