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In defense of negativity : attack ads in presidential campaigns

Title
In defense of negativity : attack ads in presidential campaigns / John. G. Geer.
Author
Geer, John Gray.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

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Description
xvii, 201 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Subject
  • Campaign management > United States
  • Advertising, Political > United States
  • Political campaigns > United States
  • Presidents > United States > Election > History
  • Negativism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index.
Contents
The need for negativity: an introduction -- Assessing negativity -- The information environment and negativity -- Evaluating character attacks -- Evaluating the content of negative and positive issue appeals -- Dragging the truth into the gutter? The news media, negativity -- And the 1988 campaign -- Negativity, democracy, and the political system.
Call Number
JFE 06-4630
ISBN
  • 0226284980 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226284999 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005015164
OCLC
60589072
Author
Geer, John Gray.
Title
In defense of negativity : attack ads in presidential campaigns / John. G. Geer.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Series
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index.
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JFE 06-4630
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