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Television Spots

Resources on TV Spots

  • Benoit, W. L. (1999). Seeing spots: A functional analysis of presidential television advertisements from 1952-1996. New York: Praeger.

  • Benoit, W. L. (2001). The functional approach to presidential television spots: Acclaiming, attacking, defending 1952-2000. Communication Studies, 52, 109-126.

  • Diamond, E., & Bates, S. (1993). The spot: The rise of political advertising on television (3rd ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  • Jamieson, J. H. (1996). Packaging the presidency: A history and criticism of presidential campaign advertising (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

  • Johnston, A., & Kaid, L. L. (2002). Image ads and issue ads in U.S. presidential advertising: Using videostyle to explore stylistic differences in televised political ads from 1952-2000. Journal of Communication, 52, 281-300.

  • Kaid, L. L, & Johnston, A. (2001). Videostyle in presidential campaigns Style and content of televised political advertising. Westport, CT: Praeger.
 

 

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Presidential Debates

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Do Debates
Influence Voters?

What Do Debates
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When Do
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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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