The presidential election of 2016: the nomination game / Henry C. Kenski and Kate M. Kenski -- Oh, the places they'll go: the geography and political strategy of presidential campaign visits in 2016 / Christopher J. Devine -- "I'm with her": the impact of gender social identification on debate perceptions and effects / Freddie J. Jennings, Molly M. Greenwood, and Mitchel S. McKinney -- Taking sides: wikileaks, the "podesta emails", and the media / Lyombe Eko and Christopher Hetherington -- The age of aggressive apologia: Donald Trump's response to lewd video / Joseph Valenzano, III -- Media bias and Alinsky's rules: two sides of campaign conventionality / Michele Rees Edwards and Terrence Warburton -- Slicing the 2016 campaign news pie: front page election coverage / Joan L. Conners -- #teamgov: on the political experience, campaign messaging, and electoral performance of Johnson Weld 2016 / Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine -- We are not amused: authenticity as the media metaphor of @realdonaldtrump / Andrew C. Jones -- Fantasy themes in Donald Trump's presidential campaign announcement speech and audience reaction / Hanisha Besant and Stephen D. Perry -- Hillary Clinton's 2016 concession speech in the context of an evolving genre / Theodore F. Sheckels.
Summary:
"This edited collection explores a wide range of communication elements and themes representing a variety of topics and methodologies relating to the 2016 US presidential election. The chapters focus on the role and function of communication across all phases, issues, and messaging in the election campaigns" -- Provided by publisher.
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