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The Six O'clock Presidency: A Theory of Presidential Press Relations in the Age of Television » Read Now
by Fredric T. Smoller. 158 pgs.

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Studying the increasingly powerful role television plays in the political process, Smoller offers a persuasive argument that the "big three" network coverage of the presidency is gradually eroding public support for and confidence in that office. This book argues that network coverage of the...
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Studying the increasingly powerful role television plays in the political process, Smoller offers a persuasive argument that the "big three" network coverage of the presidency is gradually eroding public support for and confidence in that office. This book argues that network coverage of the presidency is determined by the political, technical, and commercial nature of the medium itself, producing a bias toward negative coverage. Attempts by the White House to combat these negative portrayals by managing news coverage and isolating the president will subvert democratic values.
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Videostyle in Presidential Campaigns: Style and Content of Televised Political Advertising » Read Now
by Lynda Lee Kaid, Anne Johnston. 230 pgs.

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Kaid and Johnston report the results of a systematic and thorough analysis of virtually all of the political commercials used in general election campaigns from 1952 through the 1996 presidential contest.
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Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age » Read Now
by Liz Cunningham. 178 pgs.

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Talking Politics gives us an inside view of the relationship between journalists and candidates, one that shapes the way most Americans choose their president. In a series of personal and in-depth interviews, some of America's top broadcasters and political commentators talk about the...
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Talking Politics gives us an inside view of the relationship between journalists and candidates, one that shapes the way most Americans choose their president. In a series of personal and in-depth interviews, some of America's top broadcasters and political commentators talk about the extraordinarily influential relationship between the nation's most powerful journalists and political figures. Tom Brokaw, Larry King, Robert MacNeil, Linda Ellerbee, Bernard Shaw, and other media figures address issues such as: when does a tabloid story become worthy of the attention of the serious media?; can a talk show really give us a "closer look" at a candidate or is that closeness an illusion?; and can voters trust candidate images presented on television-network news, talk shows, or otherwise? Each chapter in Talking Politics features a frank, revealing interview with one of the nation's most influential broadcasters or political commentators. The result is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the tension-fraught relationship between TV news and political candidates. In an age when the media has become as much a topic as the politicians it covers, Talking Politics will be fascinating reading for all who follow politics.
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Seeing Spots: A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952-1996 » Read Now
by William L. Benoit. 239 pgs.

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Benoit provides a comprehensive analysis of presidential spots from the inception of this important message form in 1952 through the most recent national campaign in 1996. He includes both primary and general spots as well as those from third party candidates.
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The Functional Approach to Presidential Television Spots: Acclaiming, Attacking, Defending 1952-2000, in Communication Studies » Read Now
by William L. Benoit. 18 pgs.

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...advertising on television 3/e. Cambridge...dichotomy in the presidential campaign of...1992). Dirty politics: Deception...The myth of television power in national politics...
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Television Access and Political Power: The Networks, the Presidency, and the "Loyal Opposition" » Read Now
by Joe S. Foote. 220 pgs.

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This volume chronicles the 60-year history of presidential and opposition access to network television. The system has brought unprecedented exposure to 20th-century presidents but has discriminated consistently against the opposition in Congress. Networks instead have placed themselves in the role...
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This volume chronicles the 60-year history of presidential and opposition access to network television. The system has brought unprecedented exposure to 20th-century presidents but has discriminated consistently against the opposition in Congress. Networks instead have placed themselves in the role of "loyal opposition" operating as the President's counterpoint. In decline, hurt by defecting audiences and advertisers, the network system is now struggling to survive into the next century. Foote envisions a new order which will have a profound effect on both political communication and the balance of political power.
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The Press and the Modern Presidency: Myths and Mindsets from Kennedy to Clinton » Read Now
by Louis W. Liebovich. 237 pgs.

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A comprehensive examination of press-presidential relations in the era since 1960.
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Edited for Television: CNN, ABC, and American Presidential Elections » Read Now
by Matthew Robert Kerbel. 246 pgs.

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...American presidential elections...1992. 2. Television broadcasting...Television in politics-- United...national politics, and the...and music television as the three new...
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The Presidential Election of 1996: Clinton's Incumbency and Television » Read Now
by E. D. Dover. 199 pgs.

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This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individual incumbent, Bill Clinton, influenced the recurring and predictable patterns of televised news in ways that secured his reelection.
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The Expanding Vista: American Television in the Kennedy Years » Read Now
by Mary Ann Watson. 274 pgs.

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...become the first presidential candidate to appear in television commercials raised...rise in national politics, was growing more...style of both politics and television the...
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Presidential Television (1973) » Read Now
by Newton N. Minow, John Bartlow Martin, Lee M. Mitchell. 225 pgs.

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...M. MITCHELL PRESIDENTIAL TELEVISION CHAPTER 1 POLITICS AND TELEVISION...structure of presidential politics. Television complemented...governance and politics as...
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Television News and Contentiousness: An Exploratory Study of Visual and Verbal Content in News about the President, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Lawrence J. Mullen. 16 pgs.

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...his study of Presidential elections, Patterson...characteristics of television news. Neuman...organization of politics. (From, Patterson...speechmaking at the presidential...
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Presidential Elections in the Age of Television, in Social Education » Read Now
by Jennifer Truran Rothwell. 10 pgs.

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...important in politics. The first...Clearly, presidential elections...nonstop on television and radio...amplified by the television commercial...influencing politics. We...
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Missed Opportunity: Gore, Incumbency, and Television in Election 2000 » Read Now
by E. D. Dover. 205 pgs.

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The 2000 presidential election marked the fourth time since 1960 when a president retired and his party nominated his leading surrogate, the vice president, as potential successor. Dover explains why television-age vice presidents win nominations and shows what they have to do to win the general...
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The 2000 presidential election marked the fourth time since 1960 when a president retired and his party nominated his leading surrogate, the vice president, as potential successor. Dover explains why television-age vice presidents win nominations and shows what they have to do to win the general election. He applies that model to the leading events of the 2000 campaign and shows why Gore lost.
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The Presidential Campaign Film: A Critical History » Read Now
by Joanne Morreale. 210 pgs.

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Morreale traces the development of the documentary films produced for presidential candidates from Calvin Coolidge in 1923 to George Bush and Bill Clinton in 1992. The work provides insight into today's visually oriented presidential campaign by analyzing the production of candidates' images as the...
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Morreale traces the development of the documentary films produced for presidential candidates from Calvin Coolidge in 1923 to George Bush and Bill Clinton in 1992. The work provides insight into today's visually oriented presidential campaign by analyzing the production of candidates' images as the films evolve from classical to modern forms. Campaign films are usually overlooked by campaign scholars, yet they provide the fullest available visual portrait of a candidate during a campaign, they encapsulate persuasive appeals and strategies, and they illustrate Republican and Democratic candidates' different approaches to mediated communication. Morreale concludes that presidential campaign films provide a lens through which we can view both changes and continuities in American politics and culture. Recommended for scholars and students of communication, political science, and history.
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