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Why presidential speech locations matter : analyzing speechmaking from Truman to Obama

Title
Why presidential speech locations matter : analyzing speechmaking from Truman to Obama / Shannon Bow O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Shannon Bow
Publication
  • Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, imprint published by Springer International Publishing AG, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
xi, 208 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
This book explores speeches by American presidents. Domestic public presidential speechmaking helps us understand the pressures, priorities, and targeted audiences of different presidencies. Many administrations generally work to reinforce already existing support though some may try to reach out to new areas. Census areas help us better understand where presidents prioritize speeches in certain areas of the country. Designated Market Areas, or media markets, allow us to look at presidential speechmaking without geographical constraints and focus on areas of population concentrations. Electoral College results show that most administrations prefer to give speeches in places where they have the most electoral support to reinforce their bases. The chapter on vacation locations explores how some presidents use Camp David or their homes as places to actively speak, while some administrations just use them as retreats. Foreign speeches allow us to see that most presidents prefer to speak in openly free countries more than other places.
Series Statement
Evolving American presidency
Uniform Title
Evolving American presidency.
Subject
  • Since 1900
  • Political oratory > United States > History > 20th century
  • Political oratory > United States > History > 21st century
  • Presidents > Travel > Political aspects > United States
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American > History
  • Occasional speeches > United States > History
  • Rhetoric > Political aspects > History > United States > 20th century
  • Rhetoric > Political aspects > History > United States > 21st century
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • Rhetoric > Political aspects
  • Politics and government
  • Political oratory
  • Occasional speeches
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
  • United States > Politics and government > 1989-
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Speeches.
  • Informational works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Overview -- 2. Growth in Speechmaking -- 3. Census Regions -- 4. Media Markets -- 5. Electoral College Results -- 6. Presidents Abroad: Foreign Speeches -- 7. All Work and No Play: How Presidents Use Vacation Locations -- 8. Conclusion
Call Number
JFD 22-228
ISBN
  • 3319781359
  • 9783319781358
LCCN
2018937856
OCLC
1037294418
Author
O'Brien, Shannon Bow, author.
Title
Why presidential speech locations matter : analyzing speechmaking from Truman to Obama / Shannon Bow O'Brien.
Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, imprint published by Springer International Publishing AG, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Women
Texans
Series
Evolving American presidency
Evolving American presidency.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. EXAMINES TARGETED AUDIENCES, LOCATIONS, AND REASONING.
Chronological Term
Since 1900
Other Form:
Electronic version: O'Brien, Shannon Bow. Why presidential speech locations matter. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 9783319781365 (OCoLC)1031214423
Research Call Number
JFD 22-228
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