Political Communication in America

by Denton, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9780275957827
• ISBN10: 0275957829
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Denton and Woodward provide a newly updated revision of their classic in political communication. This pioneering text provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role and function of communication in American politics. A synthesis of some of the best writing in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, journalism, and history, this edition features completely new chapters on the topics of campaign management, congressional campaigns, politics and popular culture, and "unofficial Washington." This edition also reflects updated sources and recent examples. Students and scholars in the fields of communication, political science, political sociology, and contemporary American political history will find this text invaluable.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	ix
Robert E. Denton, Jr.
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Political Communication Defined	1	(16)
I. Contexts	17	(76)
The Disenfranchised Polity	19	(16)
Language and Politics	35	(28)
The Media of Politics: News and the Political Agenda	63	(30)
II. Campaigns	93	(86)
Campaign Planning, Management, and Strategies	95	(28)
Presidential Campaigns	123	(44)
Legislative Campaigns	167	(12)
III. Governing	179	(78)
The Presidency	181	(38)
The Congress	219	(22)
Unofficial Washington	241	(16)
IV. Meta-Politics	257	(36)
Litigation, Crime, and the Courts	259	(20)
Politics and Popular Culture	279	(14)
Selected Bibliography	293	(10)
Index	303