Introduction: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age | p. 1 |
Follow the Bouncing Ball: Assessing Convention Bumps, 1964-2004 | p. 16 |
Conventions and Campaign Dynamics | p. 29 |
Party Profiles: National Convention Delegates | p. 53 |
The Utility of Party Conventions in an Era of Low Visibility and Campaign Finance Reform | p. 76 |
Nominating Conventions, Campaign Events, and Political Information | p. 92 |
Conventions for the Unconventional: Minor Party Conventions, 1992-2004 | p. 98 |
Lights, Camera, Chaos? The Evolution of Convention "Crises" | p. 113 |
Rewiring the Conventions (Again): The Internet and Innovation in Politics and Media | p. 133 |
Losing Control? The Rise of Cable News and Its Effect on Party Convention Coverage | p. 147 |
Mass Media and the Democratization of Presidential Nominating Conventions | p. 165 |
The New Role of the Conventions as Political Rituals | p. 189 |
Contributors | p. 209 |
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