Presidential Candidate Images
Contributions by David Albert, William L. Benoit, Mike Chanslor, Carolyn L. Funk, Kenneth Hacker, Teri Harrison, Susan Hellweg, William Husson, Lynda Kaid, Allan Louden, Kristen McCauliff, John P. McHale, Brian Spitzberg, Tim Stephens, Walter Zakahi Edited by Kenneth L. Hacker
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Publication date:
30 October 2004Length of book:
304 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781461641209
This engaging look at presidential candidate images features a wide range of essays that dissect how these images are formed and manipulated during campaigns. As more and more emphasis is placed on a candidate's persona and how it affects our voting decisions, Presidential Candidate Images provides a variety of frameworks and cases for analyzing candidate images in past, current, and future elections.
The volume effectively describes the current state of research on presidential candidate images, identifies weaknesses in the literature, highlights some of the disagreements, and suggests avenues for future research. Of interest to various disciplines as well as anyone interested in presidential and candidate images. Highly recommended.