Political party affiliation and presidential campaign discourse

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-97

  Benoit, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance addresses; Character; Debates; Issue ownership; Policy; Political party; TV spots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897756540     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370409370183     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Aristotle. 1954. Rhetoric, Edited by: Roberts, W. R., New York: Random House.
2. Benoit, W. L., 1994. The genesis of rhetorical action. Southern Communication Journal, 59: 342–55.
3. Benoit, W. L., 1999. Seeing spots: A functional analysis of presidential television advertisements from 1952–1996, New York: Praeger.
4. Benoit, W. L., 2000. Beyond genre theory: The genesis of rhetorical action. Communication Monographs, 67: 178–192.
5. Benoit, W. L., 2001. The functional approach to presidential television spots: Acclaiming, attacking, defending 1952–2000. Communication Studies, 52: 109–126.
6. Benoit, W. L., and Brazeal, L. M., 2002. A functional analysis of the 1988 Bush‐Dukakis presidential debates. Argumentation and Advocacy, 38: 219–233.
7. Benoit, W. L., and Harthcock, A., 1999. Functions of the Great Debates: Acclaims, attacks, and defense in the 1960 presidential debates. Communication Monographs, 66: 341–357.
8. Benoit, W. L., and McHale, J. P., 2003. Presidential candidates’ television spots and personal qualities. Southern Communication Journal, 68: 319–334.
9. Benoit, W. L., McHale, J. P., Hansen, G. J., Pier, P. M., and McGuire, J., 2003. Campaign 2000: A functional analysis of the presidential campaign at the dawn of the new millennium, Lanhan, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
10. Benoit, W. L., Pier, P. M., Brazeal, L. M., McHale, J. P., Klyukovksi, A., and Airne, D., 2002. The primary decision: A functional analysis of debates in presidential primaries, Westport, CT: Praeger.
11. Benoit, W. L., and Strathman, A., 2004. “ Source credibility and the Elaboration Likelihood Model ”. In Readings in persuasion, social influence, and compliance gaining, Edited by: Seiter, J. S., and Gass, R. H., 95–111. Boston, MA: Pearson.
12. Berelson, B., 1952. Content analysis for the social sciences and humanities, Reading, MA: Addison‐Wesley.
13. Bitzer, L. F., 1968. The rhetorical situation. Philosophy & Rhetoric, 1: 1–14.
14. Census Bureau. 2003. National population estimates‐Characteristics Accessed 2/15/03: http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/asro/US‐EST2001‐ASRO‐01.php.
15. Clark, T. D., 1979. An exploration of generic aspects of contemporary American campaign orations. Central States Speech Journal, 30: 122–133.
16. Cohen, J., 1960. A coefficient of agreement for nominal scales. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20: 37–46.
17. Commission on Presidential Debates. 2004a. The first 1996 Clinton‐Dole presidential debate: October 6, 1996 Accessed 2/25/04: http://www.debates.org/pages/trans96a.html.
18. Commission on Presidential Debates. 22004b. The second 2000 Bush‐Gore presidential debate: October 11, 2000 Accessed 2/25/04): http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2000b.html.
19. Farnsworth, S. J., and Lichter, S. R., 2003. The nightly news nightmare: Network television's coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988–2000, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
20. Holsti, O., 1952. Content analysis in communication research, New York: Free Press.
21. Johnston, A., and Kaid, L. L., 2002. Image ads and issue ads in U.S. presidential advertising: Using videostyle to explore stylistic differences in televised political ads from 1952–2000. Journal of Communication, 52: 281–300.
22. Kaid, L. L., and Johnston, A., 2001. Videostyle in presidential campaigns: Style and content of televised political advertising, Westport, CT: Praeger.
23. Landis, J. R., and Koch, G. G., 1977. The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrica, 33: 159–174.
24. Petrocik, J. R., 1996. Issue ownership in presidential elections, with a 1980 case study. American Journal of Political Science, 40: 825–850.
25. Petrocik, J. R., Benoit, W. L., and Hansen, G. L., 2003/2004. Issue ownership and presidential campaigning, 1952–2000. Political Science Quarterly, 118: 599–626.
26. Pomper, G. M., 1975. Voters’ choice: Varieties of American electoral behavior, New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company.
27. Toner, R., 1996. In this race, it's the center against the middle. New York Times, March 17: 4.3
28. Wells, W. T., 1999. An analysis of attacking, acclaiming, and defending strategies in the 1976–1984 presidential debates, Columbia: University of Missouri. Ph.D. Dissertation