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Record Nr.

UNISA996248290703316

Autore

Kenski Kate

Titolo

The Obama victory : how media, money, and message shaped the 2008 election / / Kate Kenski, Bruce W. Hardy, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-977985-6

1-282-61342-1

9786612613425

0-19-975042-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 378 p)

Altri autori (Persone)

HardyBruce W

JamiesonKathleen Hall

Disciplina

324.973/0931

324.9730931

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - History

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Public television - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; PART I. THE FORCES AND MESSAGES THAT PERVADED THE CAMPAIGN; PART II. SHIFTS IN MOMENTUM: FIVE PERIODS; PART III. THE NEW CAMPAIGN LANDSCAPE; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Barack Obama's stunning victory in the 2008 presidential election will go down as one of the more pivotal in American history. Given America's legacy of racism, how could a relatively untested first-term senator with an African father defeat some of the giants of American politics? In The Obama Victory, Kate Kenski, Bruce Hardy, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson draw upon the best voter data available, The National Annenberg Election Survey, as well as interviews with key advisors to each campaign, to illuminate how media, money, and messages shaped the 2008 election. They explain how both sides work