Televised Presidential Debates and Public PolicyRoutledge, 1999 M10 1 - 344 páginas With this second edition, Kraus continues his examination of formal presidential debates, considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what has been learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, and the political process, generally. He also examines the media and the role they occupy in presidential elections. Because critics often refer to the Lincoln-Douglas debates when reproaching presidential debates, comparisons of the two are discussed throughout the book. Much of the data and information for this accounting of televised presidential debates comes from the author's first-hand experience as one who was involved with these debates as a participant observer, on site at nearly all of the debates discussed. Throughout these discussions, emphasis is placed on the implications for public policy. To suggest policy that will be accepted and adopted by politicians and the public is, at best, difficult. Proposals for changes in public policy based on experience -- even when scientific data support those changes -- must be subjected to an assessment of the values and predispositions of the proponent. These values and predispositions, however, may not necessarily inhibit the proponent's objectivity. As such, this review of television use in the presidential election process provides the context for examining televised debates. |
Contenido
Dedication | |
Introduction 1 Endnotes 6 | |
Television andPresidential Candidates 13 | |
Candidates in Charge29 The NegotiationProcess 33 The 1960 Debates34 | |
The League Sponsorship | |
The Audio Check The 1992 Debates 89 | |
Debates 104 | |
Concluding Remarks 133 | |
First Debates 231 | |
Every Four Years by Mandate | |
Sponsors 250 | |
254 | |
Public Participation and Debate Scheduling 268 | |
Pattersons Plan273 Chancellors Reform and Rejuvenate 274 Nine Sundays 274 TwentiethCentury FundTask Force on Presidential Debates276 | |
Ideas and Recommendations 280 | |
Endnotes 284 | |
Whos Winning 147 | |
Endnotes 173 | |
Voters Win 181 | |
Image 205 | |
ParticipantObservation and Retrospective | |
Methodsfor Depicting Communication Events 291 | |
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