Rewiring Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age » (New Edition)

Introduction: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age   Costas Panagopoulos     1
Follow the Bouncing Ball: Assessing Convention Bumps, 1964-2004   Costas Panagopoulos     16
Conventions and Campaign Dynamics   Michael G. Hagen   Richard Johnston     29
Party Profiles: National Convention Delegates   John C. Green   John S. Jackson     53
The Utility of Party Conventions in an Era of Low Visibility and Campaign Finance Reform   J. Mark Wrighton     76
Nominating Conventions, Campaign Events, and Political Information   Costas Panagopoulos     92
Conventions for the Unconventional: Minor Party Conventions, 1992-2004   John C. Berg     98
Lights, Camera, Chaos? The Evolution of Convention "Crises"   R. Sam Garrett     113
Rewiring the Conventions (Again): The Internet and Innovation in Politics and Media   Michael Cornfield     133
Losing Control? The Rise of Cable News and Its Effect on Party Convention Coverage   Jonathan S. Morris   Peter L. Francia     147
Mass Media and the Democratization of Presidential Nominating Conventions   Terri Susan Fine     165
The New Role of the Conventions as Political Rituals   Gerald M. Pomper     189
Contributors     209