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Presidential debates : risky business on the campaign trail / Alan Schroeder.
LIBRA JF2112.D43 S37 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schroeder, Alan, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Campaign debates--United States.
- Campaign debates.
- United States.
- Television in politics--United States.
- Television in politics.
- Presidents--United States--Election.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--Election.
- Physical Description:
- 414 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Alan Schroeder's big-picture history recounts the phenomenon of American televised presidential debates and its evolution over the past half century. From pundits to political operatives, from debate moderators to the viewing public, Presidential Debates reveals how the various stakeholders make and experience this powerful event. For this third edition, Schroeder analyzes the presidential debates of 2008 and 2012 and the crucial role that social media and contemporary news outlets had in shaping their design and reception. He also expands his coverage of previous campaigns, including the landmark meetings in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Schroeder details an insider's view of the key phases of the debate: anticipation, in which the campaigns negotiate rules, formulate strategy, and steer press coverage; execution, in which the candidates, moderators, panelists, and television professionals create and project the event; and reaction, in which the commentators, spin doctors, and viewers evaluate the performance and move story lines in new directions. New chapters focus on real-time debate responses and the extent to which postdebate news coverage influences voters' decision making and candidates' behavior. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Anticipation
- 1 The Predebate Debate 15
- 2 Predebate Strategy 51
- 3 Candidate Preparation 92
- 4 Predebate News Coverage 114
- Part II Execution
- 5 The Debaters 149
- 6 The Questioners 205
- 7 The Productions 240
- Part III Reaction
- 8 Social Media and Real-Time Reactions 275
- 9 Postdebate News Coverage 291
- 10 Debates and Voters 325.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Schroeder, Alan, 1954- author. Presidential debates.
- ISBN:
- 9780231170567
- 0231170564
- 9780231170574
- 0231170572
- OCLC:
- 928124191
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