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  • Modern Political Caricatures

    "I Can See Russia from My House"

    Political humor has an extensive record in the United States, replete with examples of humorists and satirists lampooning political leaders, institutions, ideas and more. Dating back to at least before the beginning of the republic, satirists often ridiculed often ridiculed British leaders and policies as well colonial leaders. Thomas Nast’s cartoons about Boss Tweed are credited with helping ... Read more

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  • Conventional Wisdom and American Elections

    Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

    During every election cycle, political observers generate a seemingly limitless supply of theories, opinions, and predictions. Unfortunately, many of these assertions oversimplify complex subjects or overhype the latest political fads. Inevitably, some misinformation becomes part of the conventional wisdom about American elections. The objective of Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: ... Read more

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  • Communicator-in-Chief

    How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
    Communicator-in-Chief: How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House examines the fascinating and precedent-setting role new media technologies and the Internet played in the 2008 presidential campaign that allowed for the historic election of the nation's first African American president. It was the first presidential campaign in which the Internet, the electorate, and ... Read more

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  • Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape

    A New Generation of Research

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
    In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more. This book is devoted to anticipating and addressing where the field of political humor and its ... Read more

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  • The American Vice Presidency

    From the Shadow to the Spotlight

    It is quite possible that no elected office has been more historically maligned than the vice presidency of the United States. From the beginning of American politics the office has been the object of ridicule by scholars, pundits, humorists, citizens, and even vice presidents themselves. The perception among many is that institution and its occupants are at best irrelevant. Recent history would ... Read more

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  • The Internet and the 2020 Campaign

    Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of newer developments in 2020. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2020 Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign

    Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of new developments in 2016. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ... Read more

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  • American Political Humor

    Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture [2 volumes]

    Edited by Jody C. Baumgartner ...
    This two-volume set surveys the profound impact of political humor and satire on American culture and politics over the years, paying special attention to the explosion of political humor in today's wide-ranging and turbulent media environment.Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics—entertaining and ... Read more

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  • Political Marketing and the Election of 2020

    This book examines the 2020 campaign and election in the United States of America from the perspective of political marketing, always intrinsic to democratic elections. Whether focused on the development of campaign strategy, its implementation via various communication media, or how well that communication resonates and mobilizes the electorate, marketing is central to political campaigning.The ... Read more

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  • Laughing Matters

    Humor and American Politics in the Media Age

    This book examines the role of humor in modern American politics.Written by a wide range of authors from the fields of political science and communication, this book is organized according to two general topics:how the modern media present political humorthe various ways in which political humor influences politics.Laughing Matters is an excellent text for courses on media and politics, public ... Read more

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  • The American Spectator's Enemies List

    A Vigilant Journalist's Plea for a Renewed Red Scare

    Edited by P. J. O'Rourke ...
    Whatever happened to good old-fashioned red-baiting? The #1 New York Times–bestselling humorist rails against the silly people in our midst . . .In the midst of the Clinton years, political satirist P. J. O'Rourke, in conjunction with the conservative magazine The American Spectator, launched into a gleeful project: carrying on the grand tradition of McCarthyism by compiling a New Enemies List. ... Read more

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