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Presidential Debates

Resources on Presidential Debates

  • Benoit, W. L., Pier, P. M., Brazeal, L. M., McHale, J. P., Klyukovksi,
    A., & Airne, D. (2002). The primary decision: A functional analysis of presidential primary debates, 1948-2000. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Benoit, W. L., Hansen, G. J., & Tillery, R. M. (2003). A meta-analysis of the effects of viewing presidential debates. Communication Monographs , 70, 335-350 .

  • Benoit, W. L., & Wells, W. T. (1996). Candidates in conflict: Persuasive attack and defense in the 1992 presidential debates. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.

  • Bitzer, L., & Rueter, T. (1980). Carter vs Ford: The counterfeit debates of 1976. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Carlin, D. B., & McKinney, M. S. (1994). The 1992 presidential debates in focus. Westport, CT: Praeger.

  • Friedenberg, R. V. (1994). Rhetorical studies of national political debates–1960-1992 (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Praeger.

  • Jamieson, K. H., & Birdsell, D. S. (1988). Presidential debates: The challenge of creating an informed electorate. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • Kraus, S. (2000). Televised presidential debates and public policy (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

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Presidential Debates

Background:
Debate History

Do Debates
Influence Voters?

What Do Debates
Talk About?

When Do
Debates Occur?

How Many People
Watch Presidential
Debates?

Debate Links

Resources on
Presidential Debates

 

Television Spots

Background:
History of Political
TV Advertising

Do TV Spots
Influence Voters?

Analysis of TV Spots

What Do TV Spots
Talk About?

View 2004 TV Spots

TV Spot Links

Resources on
TV Spots

 

 


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