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Campaign '96 : a functional analysis of acclaiming, attacking, and defending

Title: Campaign '96 : a functional analysis of acclaiming, attacking, and defending / William L. Benoit, Joseph R. Blaney, and P.M. Pier.
Author: Benoit, William L.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.

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Description

xviii, 264 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623

Uniform Title

Praeger series in political communication.

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Contents

Series Foreword / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- I. Introduction. 1. Overview: A Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse. 2. Method: Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending. 3. Procedures: How We Analyzed Campaign '96 Messages -- II. Republican Primaries: Who Shall Lead Us? 4. Debates: A Free-for-All. 5. Television Advertisements: I'm More Conservative Than You. 6. Talk Radio: What Are the Candidates Saying about Each Other? -- III. Nominating Conventions: Anointing the Chosen. 7. Keynote Speeches: It's Great to Be a Republican/Democrat! 8. Acceptance Addresses: I Will Lead Us to Victory. 9. Stand by Your Man: Elizabeth Dole's and Hillary Rodham Clinton's Convention Speeches -- IV. General Election Campaign: The Final Showdown. 10. Television Advertisements: Dole/Gingrich versus the Liberal. 11. Radio Addresses: Hear Ye, Hear Ye. 12. Debates: Direct Confrontation. 13. Free Television Remarks: Their Unfiltered Utterances -- V. Conclusion and Implications.
14. Outcomes: Who Won (and by How Much)? 15. Implications: What Have We Learned?

ISBN

0275963616 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98015646

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Columbia University Libraries