"happy warriors" revisited Hedonic and agonic display repertoires of presidential candidates on the evening news

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-98

  Bucy, Erik P ^a   Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Hedonic and agonic behavior; Network news coverage; Nonverbal communication; Televised leader displays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; GESTURE; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

FACE; GESTURES; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

EID: 61549107549     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2990/27_1_78     Document Type: Article

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