ISBN:
9780230379602
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (222 p)
Edition:
Reproduktion Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
DDC:
320.014
Keywords:
Political science
;
Political communication
;
Communication
;
Elections
;
Communication in politics.
Abstract:
This book examines the present and future of televised election debates, from the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate of 1960 to the age of digital interactive multimedia. A number of contributors, from various perspectives - debate producers, participants and pundits - and from a variety of countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, Israel - discuss the significance of TV debates in what is the first international study of this important political phenomenon
DOI:
10.1057/9780230379602