LEADER 02747nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910791933903321 005 20211026003440.0 010 $a1-283-54610-8 010 $a9786613858559 010 $a0-253-00756-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089493 035 $a(EBL)995566 035 $a(OCoLC)812251403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736922 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11499350 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736922 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782417 035 $a(PQKB)11384091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC995566 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL995566 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593872 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385855 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089493 100 $a20120420d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreatures of politics$b[electronic resource] $emedia, message, and the American presidency /$fMichael Lempert and Michael Silverstein 210 $aBloomington, IN $cIndiana University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-00752-6 311 $a0-253-00745-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: "message" is the medium -- Getting it "ju-- st right!" -- Addressing "the issues" -- Ethno-blooperology -- Unflipping the flop -- The message in hand -- What goes around. 330 $aIt's a common complaint that a presidential candidate's style matters more than substance and that the issues have been eclipsed by mass-media-fueled obsession with a candidate's every slip, gaffe, and peccadillo. This book explores political communication in American presidential politics, focusing on what political insiders call ""message."" Message, Michael Lempert and Michael Silverstein argue, is not simply an individual's positions on the issues but the craft used to fashion the creature the public sees as the candidate. Lempert and Silverstein examine some of the revelatory moments i 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States 606 $aPresidential candidates$zUnited States$xLanguage 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aCommunication in politics 615 0$aPresidential candidates$xLanguage. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 676 $a320.97301/4 700 $aLempert$b Michael$01475757 701 $aSilverstein$b Michael$f1945-2020.$01475758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791933903321 996 $aCreatures of politics$93690051 997 $aUNINA