Studies of communication in the 2020 presidential campaign / edited by Robert E. Denton, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Lexington studies in political communication.

Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics.

Political campaigns.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lexington Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign explores a wide range of communication elements, themes, and topics of the 2020 presidential election. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone study focusing on the role and function of communication within the context of the chapter topics and the 2020 election"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction and overview : the historic and tragic presidential campaign of 2020 / Robert E. Denton, Jr., Virginia Tech

Shadowboxing : Trump's campaign against Biden's null persona / Dennis C. Cali, University of Texas at Tyler and Kelley E. Connor, University of Texas at Tyler

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the construction of crisis in campaign 2020 / Diana Zulli, Purdue University and Kevin Coe, University of Utah

The Trump card : the virtue and vulnerability of a narrative-based presidency / Pat Loebs, Grace College and Karly Poynter-Smith, University of Memphis

The Democratic primary debates in political cartoons, or, Santa Claus gets voted off Fantasy Island / Christina M. Knopf, SUNY Cortland

Blue privilege and presidential election 2020 : the empire returns / Benjamin Voth, Southern Methodist University

The 2020 presidential campaign, election and outcome : "the agenda-spin persuasion wars" / Theodore F. Sheckels, Randolph-Macon College and Richard E. Vatz, Towson University

Trump as the embodiment of Plato's Critique of rhetoric / Timothy C. McGee, Rider University and David R. Dewberry, Rider University

Face threats in the 2020 presidential debates / Edward A. Hinck, Shelly S. Hinck, University of Central Michigan, Robert S. Hinck, Air University (Maxwell Air Force Base) and William O. Dailey, University of Central Michigan.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9787-2659-7

1-7936-5441-7

OCLC:

1260689280