Full Description
This edited collection explores a wide range of communication elements and themes, representing a variety of topics and methodologies. It focuses broadly on the role and function of communication within the context of the 2016 United States presidential election, with chapters devoted to topics including an overview of the election from a communication perspective, the nominations, strategies of campaign visits, the impact of gender in the campaign, the impact of WikiLeaks, front page election coverage, messaging and performance of third-party candidates, Trump's campaign announcement address, and Clinton's concession speech. This is an eclectic collection that makes a significant contribution to current understandings of the various roles of communication in the historic presidential election of 2016.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: The 2016 Presidential Campaign Like No Other
Robert E. Denton, Jr.
Chapter 1: The Presidential Election of 2016: The Nomination Game
Henry Kenski and Kate Kenski
Chapter 2: Oh, the Places They'll Go: The Geography and Political Strategy of Presidential Campaign Visits in 2016
Christopher J. Devine
Chapter 3: "I'm with Her:" The Impact of Gender Social Identification on Debate Perceptions and Effects
Freddie J. Jennings, Molly Greenwood, and Mitchell S. McKinney
Chapter 4: Taking Sides: WikiLeaks, the "Podesta Emails," and the Media
Lyombe Eko and Christopher Hetherington
Chapter 5: The Age of Aggressive Apologia: Donald Trump's Response to Lewd Video
Joseph M. Valenzano, III
Chapter 6: Media Bias and Alinsky's Rules: Two Sides of Campaign Conventionality
Michele Rees Edwards and Terrence Warburton
Chapter 7: Slicing the 2016 Campaign News Pie: Front Page Election Coverage
Joan L. Conners
Chapter 8: #TeamGov: On the Political Experience, Campaign Messaging, and Electoral Performance of Johnson Weld 2016
Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Chapter 9: We Are Not Amused: Authenticity as the Media Metaphor of @realDonaldTrump
Andrew C. Jones
Chapter 10: Fantasy Themes in Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign Announcement Speech and Audience Reaction
Hanisha Besant and Stephen D. Perry
Chapter 11: Hillary Clinton's 2016 Concession Speech in the Context of an Evolving Genre
Theodore F. Sheckels
About the Contributors
Selected Bibliography
Index
