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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Presidential campaign"”.
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The presidential campaign of 1948
<p>In the sprint of 1948, President Harry S. Truman's chances of being re-elected to the presidency of the United States seemed very dubious. It was uncertain that he would even secure the Democratic nomination for that office.</p><p>Truman's pre-convention Western trip. In the early summer of 1948 …
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The presidential campaign of 1936
<p>However, for the purpose of this thesis the presidential campaign of 1936 began with the June nominating conventions. At those times the candidates were selected. (Although there was never any doubt as to whom the Democrats would choose.) After the conventions the public had its first …
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The Vice-Presidential campaign of Geraldine Ferraro : a rhetorical analysis.
… the rhetoric of Geraldine Ferraro's Vice-Presidential campaign of 1984. Her role as the first female candidate for the second highest office in the nation is studied through a critical analysis of her rhetoric. The paper considers the rhetorical problems she faced with respect to her …
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Unburdened by Objectivity: Political Entertainment News in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
This study analyzes 2008 presidential election coverage on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report to determine how they confront the tension between the genres of news and entertainment. To this point, much of the scholarly work on political entertainment news has focused on …
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A Rhetorical Examination of the Barack Obama Phenomenon in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
… and elucidating Obama’s rhetoric during the 2008 Presidential Campaign by closely examining four speeches, their contexts within the campaign, and the commentary surrounding them to give a richer account of what exactly could be called Obama’s “rhetoric.” Moving from an Aristotelian reading of …
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AS BLACKNESS BERNS: AN AFROPESSIMIST READING OF BERNARD SANDERS’ 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT “TOGETHER”
This thesis evaluates Bernard Sanders’ viral 2016 Presidential campaign advertisement Together using O’Connor’s theory of Moving-Image Documents. The image-documents are then used to perform a “structural” reading of the advertisement via the emerging literature on Afropessimism to determine why …
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Communication and the Body Politic: Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign in Philadelphia’s Latino Community
… systems to contact Latinos during the 2016 presidential campaign and how these systems operated in Northeast Philadelphia. Three research questions guided these observations: How was political communication produced, disseminated, and decoded through interpersonal, mass, and digital …
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The boys on the blogs : intermedia agenda setting in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign
… intermedia agenda setting during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign to determine the agenda-setting role of prominent political bloggers in relation to the mainstream news media and the candidates. An online survey of newspaper and wire service reporters who covered the campaign (N = 80) found …
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Ghosts, ghouls, and the general election : horror framing in 21st century presidential campaign advertisements.
… generic frames are deployed by 21st century U.S. presidential campaign advertisements. Specifically, televised advertisements are analyzed holistically in the 2000, 2008, and 2016 general elections. Through this analysis, a clearer picture is painted of how horror frames have been used in …
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Televisual Images in Presidential Politics: A Baudrillardian Reading of Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential Campaign
Television's role in American presidential politics is significant; sixty percent of the American people identify television as their sole soure of news. Thus, a presidential candidate must do his best to appear favorably in the media. Some scholars have suggested that this involves the creation of …
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Question of Bias: A Content Analysis of the Visual Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Campaign
… treatment by U.S. national newsmagazines of presidential candidates in the 2004 election as evidenced by their visual coverage. Using content analysis, all the visual depictions of candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry were analyzed for 10 visual attributes to determine whether one had …
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A persuasive analysis of selected campaign arguments of Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign
… Nixon relative to the key issues in the 1968 presidential campaign. The objective is to record and illustrate the persuasive appeals employed. This analysis makes an attempt to reveal what of substance was said by Mr. Nixon.
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A critical analysis of selected campaign speeches of Richard M. Nixon during the 1960 presidential campaign
… of an historic race for office - the 1960 presidential campaign. Beginning with Mr. Kennedy’s nomination in July and continuing until election day, the campaign lasted for over sixteen weeks.</p><p>This was a campaign of firsts. It was the first time two men so young had run for president. …
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRITIES IN POLITICAL DECISION MAKING: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
… rhetoric serves as an important area to study campaign messages, how they transfer to the public, and the potential for civic engagement. By analyzing Barack Obama’s calls for a new political framework, through the use of structural criticism; I argue that he created the impetus for a renewed …
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Political super branding through the use of social media technology : the Barack Obama presidential campaign in 2008
A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master’s of Technology: Fine Arts, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2013.
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Pluralism And Presidential Campaign Finance Reform: A Policy Analysis Of Campaign Finance Reform From Feca To Bcra
… in American politics is that the addition of campaign finance laws at the presidential election level will have a negative relationship with amount of influence and money in campaigns and the amount of regulation. In other words, as regulation goes up the amount of money and influence will …
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“The Imagined Presidency”: Political Communication as “Narrative” and “Performance” – A Case Study of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign
… The perception of Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign as epitomizing such shifts in the collective meaning-making processes lies at the core of this research project. The analyzes Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election campaign with respect to its underlying communicational and performative …
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How Presidential Campaign Decisions on Foreign Policy Positions and Advisers are Made and Can Reshape International Relations: A Bush 2000 Case Study
… thesis addresses how decisions made during a presidential campaign can influence the subsequent administration’s foreign policy and thus affect international relations. Specifically, it develops a structured approach using the political and social science research tools described below. George …
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