AlieNATION : the divide & conquer election of 2012 / edited by Dianne G. Bystrom, Mary C. Banwart, Mitchell S. McKinney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bystrom, Dianne G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Presidents.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--2012.

United States. Congress--Elections, 2012.

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

Politics and government.

Presidents--Election.

Physical Description:

xii, 341 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2014]

Summary:

AlieNATION presents research conducted by a national election team and leading scholars in political communication that explores a range of important topics and variables affecting voter attitudes and behavior in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. In exploring the messages, issues, and voters of the 2012 election, these studies employ multiple methods including experimental design, content analysis, rhetorical criticism, and survey research. Whereas other election research tends to investigate either the content or effects of campaign communication, the more comprehensive and systematic nature of this collection enables alieNATION to cohere thematically around considerations of voter alienation, political engagement, political efficacy, and ultimately, citizens' voting decisions. --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: an alieNATION of the U.S. electorate: the divide and conquer election of 2012 / Mitchell S. McKinney and Dianne G. Bystrom

Framing the 2012 presidential election on U.S. television: candidates, issues, and sources / Daniela V. Dimitrova

To form a more polarized electorate? The effect of presidential debates on polarization, partisanship, and political aggression / Joshua Hawthorne and Mitchell S. McKinney

Communicating with voters 30 seconds at a time: presidential campaign advertising 2012 / Kelly L. Winfrey, Mary C. Banwart, and Benjamin R. Warner

Reaching young voters in the middle: party loyalty and perception of political participation / Kaye D. Sweetser

"No one puts baby in a binder": the resonance of social media messages with college students during the 2012 presidential campaign / Amy E. Jasperson

Defining fairness in the economic rhetoric of the 2012 presidential election / Jay P. Childers and R. McKay Strangler

Health care reform: core value differences between liberal and conservative candidates and voters / Ann Gordon, Brett Robertson, and Lisa Sparks

Gendered framing of the 2012 election: the "war on women" as rhetorical strategy / Valerie M. Hennings and Dianne G. Bystrom

Are Latinos citizens? Labels, race, and politics in news coverage of immigration reform / Sharon E. Jarvis and Clariza Ruiz De Castilla

Debating marriage equality in the 2012 elections / Hayley J. Cole and Mitchell S. McKinney

Articulating interests and advocating issues: an analysis of congresswomen's political speech after the 2012 election / Dianne G. Bystrom and Valerie M. Hennings

The gender gap in presidential vote preference / Kate Kenski

Black, white, and Latino: message strategies for a divided electorate / Charlton McIlwain and Stephen Maynard Caliendo

Defying expectations: young citizens' political attitudes and participation in the 2012 election / Leslie A. Rill and Mitchell S. McKinney

Altar calls: religious segmentation in campaign appeals / Brian T. Kaylor

Working together at arm's length: bipartisan rhetoric in the 2012 presidential campaign / Mike Milford

Affective polarization from campaign communication: alienating messages in the 2012 presidential election / Benjamin R. Warner and Molly Greenwood

Reflections on the 2012 election: an agenda moving forward / Dianne G. Bystrom and Mary C. Banwart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433125546

1433125544

9781433125539

1433125536

OCLC:

877850871

Publisher Number:

40024092937