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Going dirty : the art of negative campaigning / David Mark.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mark, David, 1973-
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Political campaigns.
Advertising, Political.
Negativism.
Political campaigns--United States--History.
Advertising, Political--United States--History.
United States.
Medical Subjects:
Negativism.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 267 pages) ; cm.
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2006.
Other Title:
Art of negative campaigning
Place of Publication:
Lanham [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2006.
Summary:
"Going Dirty is a history of negative campaigning in American politics and an examination of how candidates and political consultants have employed this often-controversial technique. This book includes case studies on notable races throughout the television era in which new negative campaign strategies were introduced, or existing tactics were refined and amplified upon."--Jacket.
Contents:
Eye of the beholder : defining negative campaigning
What good old days? : notable developments in negative campaigning from the late eighteenth century through the dawn of the cold war
Going nuclear 1964 : the rise of television attack ads
Dismissive politics : the governor against the actor
"The truth shall rise again" : Brock versus Gore for U.S. Senate, 1970
Confrontation, bluster, and no compromise : the campaigns of Jesse Helms
Dole-Gingrich : going negative early and often
The politics of fear : negative campaigning in the post-9/11 world
Opening the floodgates : campaign finance "reform" and the rise of negativity
A double-edged sword : when negative campaigning backfires
Hitting the mark : negative campaigning efforts that just plain worked
It's in the mail : negative campaigning comes home
Conclusion: The future of negative campaigning.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
ISBN:
979-82-16-42805-3
OCLC:
1149209334

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