Format:
xvi, 334 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780807170793
Series Statement:
Media and public affairs
Content:
Introduction: Time's "Miracle" Man -- Introducing Jimmy Who: (De)Constructing Showbiz Politics -- Post-Reform Blueprint for the Marathon Campaign -- Rockin', Down-Home, Grassroots Media Campaign and the (In)visible Primaries -- Man to Beat: Antiestablishment Underdog Exploits Horse Race Bias -- Front-Running Dark Horse Encounters Resistance -- Party Redeemer Choreographs Made-for-Television "Love-In" -- The Battle to Control the New South Nominee's Narrative -- Lusting in My Heart for Jack Kennedy and Bob Woodward -- Contesting Opponents, Debating the Future, and Resisting Malaise -- Conclusion: The President versus the News Media-Who'll Win? -- Epilogue: From "Lust in My Heart" to "Grab 'em by the Pussy.
Content:
"With the rise of Jimmy Carter, a former Georgia governor and a relative newcomer to national politics, the 1976 presidential election proved a transformative moment in U.S. history, heralding a change in terms of how candidates run for public office and how the news media cover their campaigns. Amber Roessner's "Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign" chronicles a change in the negotiation of political image craft and the role it played in Carter's meteoric rise to the presidency. She contends that Carter's underdog victory signaled a transition from an older form of party politics focused on issues and platforms to a newer brand of personality politics driven by the manufacture of a political image. Roessner offers a new perspective on the production and consumption of media images of the peanut farmer from Plains who became the thirty-ninth president of the United States.
Content:
Carter's miraculous win transpired in part because of carefully cultivated publicity and advertising strategies that informed his official political persona as it evolved throughout the Democratic primary and general--election campaigns. To understand how media relations helped shape the first post--Watergate presidential election, Roessner examines the practices and working conditions of the community of political reporters, public relations agents, and advertising specialists associated with the Carter bid. She draws on materials from campaign files and strategic memoranda; radio and TV advertisements; news and entertainment broadcasts; newspaper and magazine coverage; and recent interviews with Carter, prominent members of his campaign staff, and over a dozen journalists who reported on the 1976 election and his presidency.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-0-8071-7360-2
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-0-8071-7361-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Carter, Jimmy 1924-
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USA Präsident
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Präsidentenwahl
;
Wahlkampf
;
Kampagne
;
Geschichte 1976
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