The 1996 presidential campaign : a communication perspective / edited by Robert E. Denton, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denton, Robert E., Jr.

Series:

Praeger series in political communication 1062-5623

Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1996.

Presidents.

United States.

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

Communication in politics--United States.

Communication in politics.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xx, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.

Contents:

1. Communication Variables and Dynamics of the 1996 Presidential Campaign / Robert E. Denton, Jr. 1

2. The Beginning and the Early End / Judith S. Trent 51

3. The 1996 Presidential Nominating Conventions: Good Television and Shallow Identification / David M. Timmerman, Gary M. Weier 77

4. The 1996 Presidential Debates / Robert V. Friedenberg 101

5. Taking the Middle Ground: Clinton's Rhetoric of Conjoined Values / Rachel L. Holloway 123

6. Videostyle and the Effects of the 1996 Presidential Campaign Advertising / Lynda Lee Kaid 143

7. "Torture-by-Tedium" or Editorial Cartoons During the 1996 Presidential Campaign / Edward H. Sewell, Jr. 161

8. Digital Democracy: The '96 Presidential Campaign On-line / Rita Kirk Whillock 179

9. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Elizabeth Dole as Running "Mates" in the 1996 Campaign: Parallels in the Rhetorical Constraints of First Ladies and Vice Presidents / Denise M. Bostdorff 199

10. The Rhetorical Transformation of Political Coalitions: Bill Clinton, 1992-1996 / Craig Allen Smith 229

11. Explaining the Vote: The Presidential Election of 1996 / Henry C. Kenski, Carol Chang, Brooks Aylor 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-290) and index.

ISBN:

0275956814

0275961524

OCLC:

37361788