Presidential Debates - Fifty Years of High Risk TV 2e

2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-14104-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 665 g

Alan Schroeder's popular history now covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and adds new research on televised debates since 1960. Schroeder organizes his book according to a television production timeline, highlighting the importance of pre- and postdebate periods, as well as the live telecasts themselves. He describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design.

Televised debates represent a rare departure from well-choreographed campaigns, and new media such as YouTube continue to reshape form and content. Conducting interviews with journalists and industry insiders, and drawing on his own experience as an award-winning reporter and television producer, Schroeder delivers a fascinating backstage tour of every aspect of debate performance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroeder, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Preproduction1. The Predebate Debate2. Predebate Strategy3. Candidate Preparation4. Predebate News CoveragePart II. Production5. The Debaters6. The Questioners7. The ProductionsPart III. Postproduction8. Postdebate News Coverage9. The Audience10. Making Presidential Debates BetterNotesSelected BibliographyAppendix: Schedule of Televised Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates: 1960-2004Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Schroeder, a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University, has written extensively about the relationship between presidential politics and the media. He has also worked as a journalist, television producer, and diplomat.