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1 online resource (346 pages) |
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Communication and Society |
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Communication and society.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy; CopyrightPage; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Dedication (First Edition); Preface (First Edition); 1. Introduction; Endnotes; 2. Overview: Television and the Presidential Election; Television and Political Parties; Television and Presidential Candidates; Television and Voters; Television Campaign Experts, Pollsters, and Polling; Endnotes; 3. Debate Formats: Candidates in Charge; The Negotiation Process; The 1960 Debates; The 1976 Debates; The 1980 Debates; The Baltimore Debate; The Cleveland Debate; The 1984 Debates |
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The Debate ChallengeThe League Sponsorship; The Louisville Debate; The Philadelphia Vice Presidential Debate; The Kansas City Debate; The 1988 Debates; Memorandum of Understanding; The Winston-Salem Debate; The League Pulls Out; The Omaha Vice Presidential Debate; The Los Angeles Debate; The Audio Check; The 1992 Debates; The St. Louis Debate; The Atlanta Vice Presidential Debate; The Richmond Debate; The East Lansing Debate; Ross Perot; The 1996 Debates; Minor Party Candidates' Debate Bids; The Contract; The Hartford Debate; The St. Petersburg Vice Presidential Debate; The San Diego Debate |
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A Production DiaryThe Internet; Concluding Remarks; Endnotes; 4. Debate Coverage: Who's Winning; Predicting and Assessing Winners and Losers; The Myth of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates; Recording the Debates-Textual Accuracy; Political Public Relations; Baltimore; Debate as a Sports Contest; The Horse-Race; Spin Doctoring; Who Won; Endnotes; 5. Debate Effects: Voters Win; Assessing Debate Effects; Public Opinion Polling; Debate Impact; Polls; Polling Questions; Debate Strategies; Anderson's Test; Ferraro's Test; Fulani's Test; Perot's Test; Image; Two Scenarios; Before Television; Television |
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Image vs. SubstanceAnecdotal Evidence; Evaluating Debaters; Candidate Personality and Public Pictures; Issues; Activating the Electorate; Exposure, Interest, and Discussion; Voting: Viewers and Nonv; Long-Term Effects; Collective Memory and JFK; First Debates; Endnotes; 6. Debate Policy: Every Four Years by Mandate; Mandating Versus Institutionalizing Debates; Presidential Debates Debriefing, 1976; Commission on National Elections; Twentieth Century Fund/Harvard Report; Commission on Presidential Debates, 1987; Sponsors; Presidential Debates and National Issues, 1993 |
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National Presidential Debate Bill of 1991, 1992) 1993and Democracy in Presidential Debates Act of 1993Minor Party Candidates; Candidate Control Versus Public Interest; Format; Developing Other Formats; Public Participation and Debate Scheduling; Voter Turnout; Citizen-Directed Political Education; Public Agenda; Agenda of Events; Cater's Cure; Patterson's Plan; Chancellor's ""Reform and Rejuvenate""; ""Nine Sundays""; Twentieth-Century Fund Task Force on Presidential Debates; ""The Five-Minute Fix""; Clinton's and McCain-Feingold's Free Time; Debate Public Funding; Ideas and Recommendations |
| Summary |
With this second edition, Kraus continues his examination of formal presidential debates, considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what has been learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, and the political process, generally. He also examines the media and the role they occupy in presidential elections. Because critics often refer to the Lincoln-Douglas debates when reproaching presidential debates, comparisons of the two are discussed throughout the book. Much of the data and informa |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135447588 |
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1135447586 |
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