The 2016 US presidential campaign : political communication and practice / Robert E. Denton, Jr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denton, Robert E., Jr., editor.

Series:

Political campaigning and communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--United States.

Communication in politics.

Presidents--United States--Elections--2016.

Presidents.

Elections.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Politics and government.

Presidents--Election.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 331 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This volume focuses on the 2016 Presidential campaign from a communication perspective, with each chapter considering a specific area of political campaign communication and practice. The first section includes chapters on the early candidate nomination campaigns, the nominating conventions, the debates, political advertising and new media technologies. The second section provides studies of critical topics and issues of the campaign to include chapters on candidate persona, issues of gender, wedge issues and scandal. The final section provides an overview of the election with chapters focusing on explaining the vote and impact of new campaign finance laws and regulations in the 2016 election. All the contributors are accomplished scholars in their areas of analysis. Students, scholars and general readers will find the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historic 2016 presidential campaign.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Political campaign communication in the 2016 presidential campaign. Setting the stage : three dimensions of surfacing for 2016 / Craig Allen Smith

Midnight in America : the political conventions in 2016 / Rachel L. Holloway

The presidential debates 2016 / Ben Voth

Political advertising in the 2016 presidential election / Scott Dunn and John C. Tedesco

The social media election of 2016 / John Allen Hendricks and Dan Schill

Studies of communication in the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump as troll : personae and persuasive inoculation in the 2016 presidential campaign / Deronda Baughman and Dennis D. Cali

Issues of gender in the 2016 presidential campaign / Robert E. Denton, Jr.

The dark power of words : stratagems of hate in the 2016 presidential campaign / Rita Kirk and Stephanie A. Martin

From Benghazi to e-mails : two sides of the same scandal / David R. Dewberry

The 2016 presidential election. Campaign finance and its impact in the 2016 presidential campaign / Cayce Myers

Explaining the vote in the election of 2016 : the remarkable come from behind victory of republican candidate Donald Trump / Henry C. Kenski and Kate M. Kenski.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: 2016 US presidential campaign.

ISBN:

9783319525990

3319525999

3319525980

9783319525983

OCLC:

994932069

Publisher Number:

9783319525983