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Presidential Election of 1996 Clinton's Incumbency and Television

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ISBN-10: 0275962598

ISBN-13: 9780275962593

Edition: 1998

Authors: E. D. Dover

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This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individual incumbent, Bill Clinton, influenced the recurring and predictable patterns of televised news in ways that secured his reelection. Dover advances a theoretical perspective on the importance of incumbency and links it to the institutional and rhetorical features of the presidential office. He describes how television news media responds to incumbency by depicting a strong incumbent, one who leads in the polls and eventually wins, as a statesman deserving of reelection, and by showing a weak incumbent, one who trails in the polls and eventually…    
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Book details

List price: $106.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/30/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Presidential Elections in the Television Age Clinton Becomes a Strong Incumbent
The Battle for the Republican Nomination
The Seven Month General Election Campaign
Conclusions and Epilogue
Bibliography
Index