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Communication in the 2008 U.S. election : digital natives elect a President / edited by Mitchell S. McKinney & Mary C. Banwart.

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Communication in the 2008 U.S. election : digital natives elect a President / edited by Mitchell S. McKinney & Mary C. Banwart.
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, c2011.

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  • McKinney, Mitchell S.
  • Banwart, Mary C., 1968-
Description
vi, 329 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
The 2008 U.S. election was arguably the most important election of our lifetime: the first African American president was elected to office; the candidacy of Sarah Palin marked only the second time that a major party ticket included a female; and the electoral performance of young citizens--digital natives, greatly attracted by digital media--signaled the highest turnout in a long time. Taking all these issues into consideration, this book offers a landmark examination of the 2008 election from a global perspective, with emphasis on the wide range of digital media utilized by the campaigners and how campaign communication influenced young citizens. The authors argue that the use of digital technologies in the campaign, and the success of Barack Obama in attracting young voters to his cause, provides an excellent case study--perhaps something of a turning point in campaign communication--for carefully examining the emerging role of digital political media, and a continuing renewal in young citizens electoral engagement. The wide-ranging contributions to this volume provide a comprehensive examination of a historic political campaign and election. The books findings offer revealing answers regarding the content and effects of various forms of political campaign communication, and raise questions and possibilities for future research. -- Product Description.
Series Statement
Frontiers in political communication ; v. 20
Uniform Title
Frontiers in political communication v. 20.
Subject
  • Internet in political campaigns > United States
  • Communication in politics > United States
  • Political campaigns > United States
  • Presidents > United States > Election > 2008
  • United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • The election of a lifetime / Mitchell S. McKinney & Mary C. Banwart -- The complex web : young adults' opinions about online campaign messages / John C. Tedesco -- Viral politics : the credibility and effects of online viral political messages / Monica Ancu -- Talking politics : young citizens' interpersonal interaction during the 2008 presidential campaign / Leslie A. Rill & Mitchell S. McKinney -- A different kind of inter-media agenda setting : how campaign ads and presidential debates influenced the blogosphere in the 2008 U.S. campaign / Sumana Chattopadhyay & Molly Greenwood -- Political advertising, digital fundraising and campaign finance in the 2008 election : a First Amendment normative analysis / Clifford A. Jones -- The cumulative effects of televised presidential debates on voters' attitudes across red, blue, and purple political playgrounds / Hyun Jung Yun, Amy E. Jasperson, & Lynda Lee Kaid --^
  • Political engagement through presidential debates : attitudes of political engagement throughout the 2008 election / Mitchell S. McKinney, Leslie A. Rill, & Darin Gully -- Can YOU hear me now? Identifying the audience in 2008 primary and general election presidential political advertisements / Jerry L. Miller -- Talking to millennials : policy rhetoric and rhetorical narratives in the 2008 presidential campaign / Alison D. Howard & Donna R. Hoffman -- "Snap" judgments : a study of newsmagazine photographs in the 2008 presidential campaign / Karla M. Hunter [and others] -- Running down ballot : reactions to female and male candidate messages / Benjamin R. Warner, Kelly L. Winfrey & Mary Christine Banwart -- Videostyle 2008 : a comparison of female vs. male political candidate television ads / Dianne G. Bystrom & Narren J. Brown -- Motherhood, God & country : Sarah Palin's 68 days in 2008 / Julia A. Spiker --^
  • Perceptions of the U.S. and the 2008 presidential election from young citizens around the world / Lynda Lee Kaid, Zheng Xiang & Ji Young Ki -- International media's love affair with Barack Obama : anti-Americanism and the global coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign / Jesper Strömbäck, David L. Painter & Juliana Fernandes -- German press coverage of the 2004 and 2008 presidential election campaign / Christina Holtz-Bacha & Reimar Zeh -- The Emerson Election Project : reflections on the visit to the U.S. by Indonesian journalists during the 2008 presidential election / J. Gregory Payne & Efe Sevin.
ISBN
  • 9781433109881 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1433109883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781433109898 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1433109891 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010041924
OCLC
  • 667874463
  • SCSB-11841077
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