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2000 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective »

Authors: Robert E. Denton
ISBN-13: 9780275971076, ISBN-10: 0275971074
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: June 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Robert E. Denton

ROBERT E. DENTON JR. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies and serves as Director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leader Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, co-author, or editor of 12 earlier books. The most recent title is Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Praeger, 2000).

Book Synopsis

Denton and his colleagues analyze the American 2000 presidential campaign with a special focus on political communication.

	Series Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Five Pivotal Elements of the 2000 Presidential Campaign	1
2	And They All Came Calling: The Early Campaign of Election 2000	17
3	The Rebels Revolt and the Empires Strike Back: A Tale of Two Insurgencies in the Presidential Nominations of 2000	45
4	Challenger and Incumbent Reversal in the 2000 Election	91
5	One Nation, After All: Convention Frames and Political Culture	117
6	The 2000 Presidential Debates	135
7	Digital Democracy 2000	167
8	Videostyle and Political Advertising Effects in the 2000 Presidential Campaign	183
9	Network News Coverage of Campaign 2000: The Public Voice in Context	199
10	Explaining the Vote in a Divided Country: The Presidential Election of 2000	225
	Selected Bibliography	265
	Index	269
	About the Contributors	275