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The Primary Decision

A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries

By: William L. Benoit

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The Primary Decision

A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries

By: William L. Benoit

Benoit and his colleagues apply the functional theory of political campaign discourse to 25 presidential primary debates beginning with the 1948 American presidential primary campaign. They conclude with the 2000 presidential primaries. They identify the functions, topics, and targets of attacks, and the results are compared with research on primary TV spots and with general debates. An important resource for scholars and students of American presidential and party elections and political communications.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313073554

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Communication in Political Campaigns

By: William L. Benoit

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Communication in Political Campaigns

By: William L. Benoit

This book offers a comprehensive guide to political campaign communication using functional theory as a framework. An authoritative account packed with real life examples from campaigns across the globe, the book examines all of the important variables in political campaign communication. Considering campaign media - from television spots and debates to candidate webpages and direct-mail advertising - it looks closely at news coverage of campaigns, and examines the sources of campaign messages, the various ways of responding to scandal, the process of voter decision-making, and the ways in which context affects a political campaign. Chapters consider a full range of races, from presidential to congressional to gubernatorial, and look at political campaigns in the United States and many other countries including France, Israel, South Korea, and Taiwan. Communication in Political Campaigns introduces readers to both theory and research on the topic, and is an ideal text for courses on political campaigns.

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Peter Lang

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0820486043

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A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements

By: William L. Benoit

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A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements

By: William L. Benoit

A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements examines theory and research on election advertisements. William Benoit employs the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse to understand the nature or content of television spots in election campaigns. Beginning with a look at American presidential spots from 1952–2012, Benoit investigates the three functions—acclaims, attacks, and defenses—and the topics of policy and character for these groups of political commercials. The following chapters are devoted to reporting similar data on presidential primary advertisements, presidential third party spots, other theories including Issue Ownership Theory and Functional Federalism Theory, as well as nonpresidential and non-U.S. election advertising. Benoit considers the data, discusses the development of political advertising over time, and finally, presents areas for further research. This book is a uniquely comprehensive examination of the value and use of television spots in political election rhetoric.

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Lexington Books

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0739188992

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Bush Versus Kerry

A Functional Analysis of Campaign 2004

By: William L. Benoit

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Bush Versus Kerry

A Functional Analysis of Campaign 2004

By: William L. Benoit

Bush versus Kerry analyzes the 2004 presidential campaign using the functional theory of political campaign communication. After an introduction and explication of political campaign communication theory, chapters investigate the content of candidate messages - for example, television spots, debates, webpages, and acceptance addresses - and media coverage of the campaign.

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Peter Lang

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0820486752

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Second Edition

Image Repair Theory and Research

By: William L. Benoit

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Second Edition

Image Repair Theory and Research

By: William L. Benoit

Updated with a timely literature review and new case studies from sports, international politics, and third-party image repair. In our constantly plugged-in and connected world, image is everything. People, groups, organizations, and countries frequently come under suspicion of wrongdoing and sometimes require defense. This fully updated edition of the 1994 volume investigates the situations in which threats to image arise and describes the image-repair strategies that may be used to help defuse these threats, such as denial and apology. The author reviews various theories on image repair, and extends prior research on the topic to include work on persuasion or attitude change. Five contexts for image repair are examined: corporate, political, sports/entertainment, international, and third party (when one person or organization tries to repair the image of another). New case studies include the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Anthony Weiner, Lance Armstrong, Apples apology to China over the iPhone, and Prime Minister David Camerons apology for Bloody Sunday. This is an extremely valuable update to the most influential book ever published on crisis communication. Timothy L. Sellnow, coauthor of Theorizing Crisis Communication

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SUNY Press

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1438453981

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Political Election Debates

Informing Voters about Policy and Character

By: William L. Benoit

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Political Election Debates

Informing Voters about Policy and Character

By: William L. Benoit

Political debates are an important facet of modern election campaigns. How politicians frame an argument, how the audience perceives it, and how the media decides to display it are key components in analyzing the outcome of a political debate, and ultimately, an election. Drawing mainly on the functional theory of political campaign discourse, William L. Benoit examines a wide variety of debates not only in the United States but across the globe. Because each phase of election offers new challenges, specific attention is paid to how primary versus general and incumbency influence the content of political leaders’ debate practices. Specifically, the book delves into the history and nature of debates in various United States elections, including presidential, vice presidential, senatorial, gubernatorial, and mayoral candidates. Also examined are debates ranging from the United Kingdom to South Korea to Australia. Benoit also employs the issues ownership theory and functional federalism theory as a deeper part of the analysis. This book offers a critical examination and comprehensive overview of election debate theory.

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Lexington Books

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0739184113

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Third Edition

Image Repair Theory Extended

By: William L. Benoit

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Third Edition

Image Repair Theory Extended

By: William L. Benoit

In our constantly plugged-in and connected world, image is everything. People, groups, organizations, and countries frequently come under suspicion of wrongdoing and sometimes require defense. Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies describes the image-repair strategies that may be used to help defuse these threats. The Third Edition of this classic book builds on theories for rehabilitating a damaged reputation by adding two new forms of denial: straw denial (appearing to deny an accusation by sidestepping it) and deflecting attention (trying to get the audience to focus on something other than the accusations against you). Five contexts for image repair are examined: corporate, political, sports/entertainment, international, and third party (when one person or organization tries to repair the image of another). The book’s case studies include current instances of reputation repair, including Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and President Joe Biden on Afghanistan; Southwest Airlines on flight cancellations; Kobe Bryant on accusations of rape; and Donald Trump on the January 6 hearings.

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State University of New York Press

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1438496087

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Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary

By: William L. Benoit,Mark J. Glantz

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Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary

By: William L. Benoit,Mark J. Glantz

Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary investigates the nature of persuasive attacks on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential primary campaign. It begins by extending the Theory of Persuasive Attack to include attacks on character as well as attacks on actions. William L. Benoit & Mark J. Glantz use topical analysis to understand humor (late night television jokes; video from SNL, Colbert, and Oliver; articles in The Onion, and political cartoons) and Republican “establishment” attacks from Mitt Romney and the National Review. Quantitative content analysis examines attacks in primary debates and primary TV spots. The book concludes with criticisms found on social media platforms and TV talk shows.

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Lexington Books

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1498548555

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Seeing Spots

A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952-1996

By: William L. Benoit

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Seeing Spots

A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952-1996

By: William L. Benoit

Benoit provides a comprehensive analysis of presidential television spots from every campaign that used this important message form, from the 1952 campaign through the last national campaign in 1996. More than 1,600 presidential spots are analyzed, from both primary and general campaigns. Republican, Democratic, and third party candidate advertisements are analyzed. He uses the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse, analyzing themes in spots as acclaims (self-praise), attacks (criticism), and defenses (responses to attacks). Themes are classified according to topic. Each of these topics is broken down further (policy: past deeds, future plans, general goals; character: personal qualities, leadership ability, ideals). Contrasts are made between spots from Republicans and Democrats as well as third parties, incumbents and challengers, and winners and losers. The spots from candidates who led, trailed, or were in close races also are contrasted. Spots are becoming more negative over time, Benoit concludes, in both primary and general campaigns. General campaigns are more negative than primary campaigns, Democrats are more negative than Republicans, and challengers are more negative than incumbents. There are no differences between winners and losers. However, candidates who trailed throughout the campaign were most negative, while candidates in close races were most positive. An important analysis for scholars and researchers in political communication and American presidential politics.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313003254

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9780313003257

Readings in Argumentation

By: William L. Benoit,Dale Hample

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Readings in Argumentation

By: William L. Benoit,Dale Hample

In this volume, emphasis is placed on contributions to the study of argumentation by scholars from communication, speech communication, rhetoric, and discourse analysis. So far, their work has been insufficiently represented in anthologies, overviews and readers. William Benoit, Dale Hample, and Pamela Benoit have made efforts to correct the imbalance by filling in the gap. In our opinion, they have succeeded in compounding an excellent selection of classical highlights from modern literature in the field. For scholars, the books provides a rich source of information and references. -- Pref. (p. [xi]-xii).

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110135760

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Campaign 2000

A Functional Analysis of Presidential Campaign Discourse

By: William L. Benoit

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Campaign 2000

A Functional Analysis of Presidential Campaign Discourse

By: William L. Benoit

Campaign 2000 applies the functional theory of political campaign discourse--analyzing how messages acclaim, attack, or defend--to several different forms of campaign communication in the 2000 U.S. presidential primary and general election. These forms include political advertisements on television and radio, debates, television talk show appearances, campaign web pages, and convention speeches by candidates and their spouses. The authors also look at the election outcomes and explore lessons to apply to future campaign discourse.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742529142

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Growth Hormone

By: Stephen Harvey,Colin G. Scanes,William H. Daughaday

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Growth Hormone

By: Stephen Harvey,Colin G. Scanes,William H. Daughaday

This exciting new book provides a thorough and comprehensive review of growth hormone physiology and pathophysiology, including its therapeutic and agricultural use.

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CRC Press

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0849386977

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Second Edition

Image Repair Theory and Research

By: William L. Benoit

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Second Edition

Image Repair Theory and Research

By: William L. Benoit

In our constantly plugged-in and connected world, image is everything. People, groups, organizations, and countries frequently come under suspicion of wrongdoing and sometimes require defense. This fully updated edition of the 1994 volume investigates the situations in which threats to image arise and describes the image-repair strategies that may be used to help defuse these threats, such as denial and apology. The author reviews various theories on image repair, and extends prior research on the topic to include work on persuasion or attitude change. Five contexts for image repair are examined: corporate, political, sports/entertainment, international, and third party (when one person or organization tries to repair the image of another). New case studies include the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Anthony Weiner, Lance Armstrong, Apple's apology to China over the iPhone, and Prime Minister David Cameron's apology for Bloody Sunday.

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State University of New York Press

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1438454007

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A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements

By: William L. Benoit

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies, Third Edition

Image Repair Theory Extended

By: William L. Benoit

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Image Repair Theory Extended

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Seeing Spots

A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952-1996

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A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements, 1952-1996

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies

A Theory of Image Restoration Strategies

By: William L. Benoit

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies

A Theory of Image Restoration Strategies

By: William L. Benoit

Because responding to complaints is such an important part of human relations, this type of discourse has been studied in various disciplines. However, these studies tend to take a narrow focus. For example, some scholars study apologies and excuses in everyday talk. Others look at public apologies in speeches. Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies integrates and extends existing work on this concept into a general theory. The resulting theory of image restoration is then tested through application to several instances of defensive discourse.

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Suny Press

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The Primary Decision

A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries

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A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries

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Political Election Debates

Informing Voters about Policy and Character

By: William L. Benoit

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Political Election Debates

Informing Voters about Policy and Character

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Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies

A Theory of Image Restoration Strategies

By: William L. Benoit

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A Theory of Image Restoration Strategies

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Bush Versus Kerry

A Functional Analysis of Campaign 2004

By: William L. Benoit

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A Functional Analysis of Campaign 2004

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Candidates in Conflict

Persuasive Attack and Defense in the 1992 Presidential Debates

By: William L. Benoit,William T. Wells

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Candidates in Conflict

Persuasive Attack and Defense in the 1992 Presidential Debates

By: William L. Benoit,William T. Wells

Candidates in Conflict provides a new perspective for understanding presidential debates by analyzing the three televised debates in 1992 among candidates Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot. Viewed by millions and now an expected part of presidential campaigns, the debates captured the attention of the nation. The authors show that presidential candidates, by using persuasive attack and defense strategies, are able either to undermine (in the case of their opponents) or to preserve (for themselves) the vital issues of personal credibility and policy matters. The book includes complete transcripts of the debates.

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0817308687

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