This interesting and timely volume explores the effectiveness of negative campaign ads, whether or not negative campaigning has value, the effectiveness of fact-checking, and what fuels negative campaigning. Includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives; eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and many others.
elderly woman: [Here in Missouri] “Roy Blunt's been gone some time now. Probably doesn't know how tough folks here in Missouri have it.” young woman: [Back in Washington] “Roy is the life of the party in DC His wife, great, ...
David S. Broder , " Gore Battles Back , " The Washington Post , Oct. 28 , 1970 . 32. Longley , Senator Albert Gore , Sr. , 229 . 33. Longley , Senator Albert Gore , Sr. , 237 . 34. Interview with author , by telephone , Aug. 9 , 2004 .
Yet, even while modern mudslinging has grown more rampant—as a hungry media feed the frenzy for the next juicy story, which political adversaries are eager to supply—the phenomenon is hardly new.
One of the most closely-watched and controversial aspects of modern political campaigning is the use of negative, attack tactics. This book examines the role played by negative campaigning through a...
How can we reconcile the findings of a plethora of studies with the methods of politicians? This book cuts through to the central issue: how negative advertising influences voters' attitudes and actions.
Drawing on both laboratory experiments and the real world of America's presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional races, the authors show that negative advertising drives down voter turnout - in some cases...
This readable and interesting book clarifies the current debate concerning the effect of negative campaigns on the attitudes and actions of the American electorate. KEY TOPICS It...
Perhaps the most famous negative political chant was the one used against Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in 1884 by the Republican forces supporting James G. Blaine. Cleveland had fathered a child out of wedlock by Maria ...
How can we reconcile the findings of a plethora of empirical studies with the methods of political elites? This book cuts through to the central issue: how such advertising influences voters' attitudes and their actions during campaigns.
This second edition of Attack Politics updates Emmett Buell and Lee Sigelman's highly regarded study of negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960 with a substantial new chapter on the 2008 contest between Barack Obama and John McCain.