"Published in cooperation with the Kevin P. Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The new role of the conventions as political rituals / Gerald M. Pomper. Conventions and campaign dynamics / Michael G. Hagen and Richard Johnston -- Party profiles : national convention delegates / John C. Green and John S. Jackson -- The utility of party conventions in an era of low visibility and campaign finance reform / J. Mark Wrighton -- Nominating conventions, campaign events, and political information / Costas Panagopoulos -- Conventions for the unconventional : minor party conventions, 1992-2004 / John C. Berg -- Lights, camera, chaos? : the evolution of convention "crises" / R. Sam Garrett -- Rewiring the conventions (again) : the Internet and innovation in politics and media / Michael Cornfield -- Losing control? : the rise of cable news and its effect on party convention coverage / Jonathan S. Morris and Peter L. Francia -- Mass media and the democratization of presidential nominating conventions / Terri Susan Fine -- The new role of the conventions as political rituals / Gerald M. Pomper.
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