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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792042703321

Autore

Baker Frank W

Titolo

Political campaigns and political advertising : a media literacy guide / / Frank W. Baker ; foreword by David Considine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood Press, , c2009

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-69786-9

0-313-34755-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 196 p. ) : ill. ;

Classificazione

AP 17340

Disciplina

324.70973

Soggetti

Advertising, Political - United States

Media literacy - United States

Political campaigns - United States

United States Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / David Considine -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline : a history of media and politics -- Introduction -- Media literacy : understanding the meaning behind the messages -- Propaganda and spin : the power of the image over the word -- The media experts -- Analyzing photographs -- And then there was radio -- Why television? -- Popular appeals and techniques of persuasion in political advertising -- Analyzing campaign events -- The role of new media and new technology tools -- Trying to fix the money problem in elections -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index.