A valuable and sophisticated study of the nature of political communication in advanced societies.                                                    Choice  . . . a good guidebook for political communications specialists and practitioners . . . well worth the time and effort involved in reading and absorbing it.                           Presidential Studies Quarterly  . . . it offers a compendium of virtually everyone, practitioners as well as scholars, who have ever written on the subject.                        American Political Science ReviewThis newly updated revision of a leading work provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role of communication in American politics. A synthesis of some of the best writings in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, and social psychology, the book examines communication problems and processes common to political institutions and other functions of political life. This edition features completely new chapters and sections devoted to the courts and the processes unique to regional and local politics. Arguments have been condensed and made more accessible to general readers. The entire text has been updated with recent examples. Although the framework for analysis is provided by conventional categories of political activity like the Congress, the mass media, and the presidency, the essential analysis focuses on pivotal communication processes.In Political Communication in America politics is seen as a process centered on the communication of reward and legitimacy. What most Americans know about politics has been communicated to them through their representatives, the press, and the public relations machinery prevalent at all levels of government. This study is concerned with the communication processes that can nurture or starve a nation's political life. Students of political science and communication studies will find Political Communication in America a valuable resource.

Political communication in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Denton, Robert E.

Politics & Government

Praeger

The 2000 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective

<p>Denton and his colleagues analyze the American 2000 presidential campaign with a special focus on political communication.|What led up to the great debacle of the American 2000 presidential election? Denton and his colleagues analyze the presidential campaign with a special focus on key topics and elements of political communication. Their analyses go beyond the quantitative facts, electoral counts, and poll results, inspecting the nuts and bolts of what became in one of the most controversial elections in American history.||Each chapter focuses on a specific area of political campaign communication, including:^L^Dblthe early campaign period^Dblthe nomination process and conventions^Dblcandidate strategies^Dblpresidential debates^Dblpolitical advertising^Dblthe use of the Internet^Dblnews coverage^Dblpolitical cartoons of the campaign^Lthis definitive resource is ideal for scholars, students, the general public, and other researchers interested in political communication, American elections, presidential studies, political sociology, and journalism.</p>

Social Sciences

<p>For two decades, readers have navigated the approaches, theories, and controversies surrounding social movements with the thought-provoking guidance of Stewart, Smith, and Denton. In the Fourth Edition, the authors continue their synthesis, application, and extension of social movement persuasion. The new edition includes a chapter on identification and polarization and one on argument from conspiracy. The other chapters have been thoroughly updated and reorganized to emphasize the functions of persuasive acts and the symbolism created by movement members to explain their perspectives. Many examples are drawn from recent movements such as animal rights, militias, the religious right, and resistance to the globalization of the economy and production. The use of the Internet by movements provides yet another resource for projecting a particular worldview and another window for the study of social movements.</p>

Persuasion and Social Movements

Stewart, Charles J.

Smith, Craig Allen

Waveland Pr Inc.

Previous owner's name stamp to first four pages and top of paper's edges. Minor edge wear covers/spine. Pages clean/bright.

Symbolic Dimensions of the American Presidency: Description and Analysis

Political Campaign Communication

Trent, Judith S.

Friedenberg, Robert V.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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