Presidential Debates

third Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-231-17056-7
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

With its keen observations, diligent research, and insider revelations, Alan Schroeder's popular, big-picture history explores the phenomenon of American presidential debates like no other volume. From pundits to political operatives, debate moderators to the viewing public, Schroeder examines how the various stakeholders make and experience this powerful event.

For this third edition, Schroeder analyzes the 2008 and 2012 presidential debates and the role of social media and contemporary news outlets in shaping their design and reception. He also expands his coverage of previous campaigns, including the landmark 1960 meeting between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Second only to the Super Bowl in viewers, presidential debates are must-see TV, yet their conception and execution largely remain a mystery to the public even to journalists. Schroeder details the key phases of the debate: anticipation, in which campaigns negotiate rules, formulate strategy, prepare answers, and steer press coverage; execution, in which the candidates, moderators, panelists, and television professionals create and project the event; and reaction, in which commentators, spin doctors, and the public evaluate the performance and move storylines in new directions. New chapters focus on real-time debate responses and the extent to which post-debate news coverage influences voter decision making and candidate behavior.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroeder, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Fernsehdrehbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The First Presidential DebatePart I. Anticipation1. The Pre-Debate Debate2. Pre-Debate Strategy3. Candidate Preparation4. Pre-Debate News CoveragePart II. Execution5. The Debaters6. The Questioners7. The ProductionsPart III. Reaction8. Social Media and Real-Time Reactions9. Post-Debate News Coverage10. Debates and VotersConclusion: The Globalization of an American TraditionSchedule of Televised Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates, 1960;2012NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Schroeder is a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University and has worked as a journalist, television producer, and diplomat. He has written extensively about the relationship between presidential politics and the media and is the author of Celebrity-in-Chief: How Show Business Took Over the White House and Writing and Producing Television News: From Newsroom to Air.