Political Communication in America

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

Robert E. Denton Jr.

Politics & Government

Praeger

Gary C. Woodward

Anthropology

Beginning in the 1970s, the public has turned to the media for information and guidance in selecting their presidents. Television has become the primary means of getting to know the issues and candidates. This monograph examines the mediazation of the U.S. presidency, as exemplified by President Reagan's role as the great communicator. Specifically, Denton analyzes the use of television as an instrument of image-making and governing, the role of the media in contemporary politics, the impact of television on presidential politics, and the future of the presidency in the age of television. Scholars of communications studies, political science, and American politics will welcome this critical analysis of the primetime presidency.

The Primetime Presidency of Ronald Reagan: The Era of the Television Presidency

This 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. The entire text has been updated with recent examples. On the first edition: "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." XPresidential Studies Quarterly

Political Communication in America (Praeger Series in Political Communication)

Praeger Pub

The latest edition of an introductory text on understanding social influence incorporates recent events and pays more attention to theories and models that track the flow of influence through the filter of the electronic media. The role of the Internet, for example, is considered in the context of governmental censorship policies, political campaigns, and advertising. Greater attention also is given to newer models of media influence, especially refinements of agenda-setting theory. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Persuasion and Influence in American Life

Self-Help

Relationships

Waveland Pr Inc.

Communication provides the basis of social cohesion, issue discussion, and legislative enactment core features of political activity and governing in the United States. Denton and Kuypers, experts in the field of political communication, synthesize materials and sources from political science, communication, history, journalism, and sociology to demonstrate how communication intersects with these fields to formulate political beliefs, attitudes, and values. Conventional categories of political activity campaigns, activity in Congress, the courts, the mass media, and the presidency structure the discussions. Theoretical and applied concepts drawn from firsthand sources and classic historical works, plus extensive use of contemporary examples, enrich understanding. Written in an engaging, accessible style that is geared to an undergraduate audience, the text ignites readers' awareness that the essence of politics is talk or human interaction. Such interaction is formal and informal, verbal and nonverbal, public and private but always persuasive in nature, causing audiences to interpret, to evaluate, and to act.
 Related titles available by Waveland Press: Stewart et al., Persuasion and Social Movements, Sixth Edition (ISBN 9781577667773) and Woodward-Denton, Persuasion and Influence in American Life, Seventh Edition (ISBN 9781478607892).

Politics and Communication in America: Campaigns, Media, and Governing in the 21st Century

Jim A. Kuypers

Waveland PRess

As the authors note in the preface to the sixth edition, “The study of persuasion is not static. Any single edition is but a snapshot of a continuously changing landscape.” For over two decades, Gary Woodward and Robert Denton have blended a historical and rhetorical focus with social psychology to explore the dynamic and fascinating terrain of social influence. Persuasion in action is dissected through the fusion of theory and practice in multiple contexts—interpersonal relationships, politics, advertising, social movements, and speaking effectively in diverse settings. Rich illustrations drawn from the mass media, popular culture, and public relations illuminate the concrete skills necessary to become effective, ethical, and credible persuaders. Readers discover that persuasion is an interactive process, it requires willing and attentive participants sensitive to the effects of persuasion on others. The systematic thinking and knowledge essential to planning, composing, and delivering messages to influence others are equally useful in analyzing the ubiquitous persuasive efforts encountered daily. By highlighting the interplay of audiences and messages in every chapter, Woodward and Denton provide a solid foundation for becoming informed, responsible contributors to and consumers of persuasion. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only, contact publisher directly.

Sociology

Conflict over moral, religious, social, political, and economic values fuel social movements. People form organized collectivities to promote or to oppose changes in societal norms and values. The steady growth in globalization and access to information have increased the perception of threats to identity, values, and culture. Persuasion and Social Movements provides a solid foundation for understanding how people collectively shape society. The latest edition marks three decades of synthesizing, applying, and extending research and theories about the persuasive efforts of social movements. Historic and current examples illustrate the many facets of social movement persuasion:
 Persuasion is inherently practical; we can study it most profitably by examining the functions of persuasive acts.
 Even apparently irrational acts make sense to the actor effective analysis discovers the reasoning behind the acts.
 People create and comprehend their world through symbols, and it is people who create, use, ignore, or act on these symbolic creations.
 Although they remain important in social movement persuasion, speeches are now one of many resources for organizing and carrying out a variety of protests.
 New technologies have transformed how social movements come into existence, constitute organizations, establish coalitions, pressure institutions, and communicate with a wide variety of audiences.
 Social movements sometimes sell conspiracy theories to skeptical audiences, justify inherently divisive tactics, and use violence as a rhetorical strategy.
 Institutions and countermovements have a variety of strategies for resistance.
 Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Borchers, Persuasion in the Media Age, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577668268); Bowers et al., The Rhetoric of Agitation and Control, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577666141); Denton-Kuypers, Politics and Communication in America: Campaigns, Media, and Governing in the 21st Century (ISBN 9781577665335); Miller, Introduction to Collective Behavior and Collective Action, Third Edition (ISBN 9781478600572); and Woodward-Denton, Persuasion and Influence in American Life, Seventh Edition (ISBN 9781478607892).

Persuasion and Social Movements, Sixth Edition

Charles J. Stewart

Craig Allen Smith

Social Sciences

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Political communication in America

Political Communication in America

Political Communication in America

The Primetime Presidency of Ronald Reagan: The Era of the Television Presidency

Political Communication in America (Praeger Series in Political Communication)

Persuasion and Influence in American Life

Politics and Communication in America: Campaigns, Media, and Governing in the 21st Century

Persuasion and Influence in American Life

Persuasion and Social Movements, Sixth Edition