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Author Schroeder, Alan, 1954-

Title Presidential debates : fifty years of high-risk TV / Alan Schroeder
Edition 2nd ed
Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 368 pages)
Contents Introduction: The first presidential debate -- pt. I: Preproduction. 1. The predebate debate ; 2. Predebate strategy ; 3. Candidate preparation ; 4. Predebate news coverage -- pt. II: Production. 5. The debaters ; 6. The questioners ; 7. The productions -- pt. III: Postproduction. 8. Postdebate new coverage ; 9. The audience ; 10. Making presidential debates better -- Appendix: Schedule of televised presidential and vice presidential debates, 1960-2004
Summary Alan Schroeder's popular history now covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and adds new research on televised debates since 1960. Schroeder organizes his book according to a television production timeline, highlighting the importance of pre- and postdebate periods, as well as the live telecasts themselves. He describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design. Televised debates represent a rare departure from well-choreographed c
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-355) and index
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In Title is part of the collection: De Gruyter Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility
SUBJECT USA Präsident gnd
Subject Campaign debates -- United States
Television in politics -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Election.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Campaign debates -- United States.
Television in politics -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Election.
Campaign debates
Television in politics
Presidents -- Election
Wahlkampf
Fernsehduell
Präsidentenwahl
Präsidentenwahlen.
Politische Kampagne.
Diskussion.
Fernsehen.
Valkampanjer -- Förenta staterna.
Tv-debatter -- Förenta staterna.
United States
USA.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008005720
ISBN 9780231511780
0231511787
Other Titles Fifty years of high-risk TV