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The 1992 presidential debates in focus / edited by Diana B. Carlin and Mitchell S. McKinney.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.
Description
xxi, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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JK526 1992k
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Subject(s)
Presidents
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United States
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Election
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1992
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Campaign debates
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United States
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United States
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Politics and government
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1989-1993
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Carlin, Diana B., 1950-
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McKinney, Mitchell S.
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Series
Praeger series in political communication
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Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623
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Summary note
"The results of a focus group research project sponsored by the Commission of Presidential Debates and conducted during the 1992 presidential and vice presidential debates are reported. The study involved 625 participants from fifteen states who met in sixty focus groups held during the period of the debates. Focus group participants answered questions regarding what they learned from the debates, how they assessed the formats, what improvements they wanted in future debates, and how information provided by the debates compared with that from other news sources. The fourteen chapters of this volume include a summary of past research on presidential debates, an outline of the focus group methodology used here, and the results of the focus groups, including numerous quotations from focus group members. The results specifically address the questions of debate format, voter learning, male versus female response to the debates, opinions of student voters, analyses of disagreements among focus group members, and a set of recommendations for future debates."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes
Errata slip inserted.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Illustrations
Series Foreword / Robert E. Denton, Jr.
Foreword / Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Acknowledgments
1 A Rationale for a Focus Group Study (starting p. 3) / Diana B. Carlin
2 Design and Implementation of the Focus Group Study (starting p. 21) / Mitchell S. McKinney
3 The Focus Group as a Research Tool (starting p. 37) / Beverly Davenport Sypher
4 Debating the Debates (starting p. 55) / Elizabeth R. Lamoureux, Heather S. Entrekin, Mitchell S. McKinney
5 The Impact of Formats on Voter Reaction (starting p. 69) / John Meyer, Diana B. Carlin
6 Let the People Speak: The Emergence of Public Space in the Richmond Presidential Debate (starting p. 85) / Stephen P. Depoe, Cady Short-Thompson
7 "Children in a Sandbox": Reaction to the Vice Presidential Debate (starting p. 99) / Jack Kay, Timothy A. Borchers
8 Flirting with Perot: Voter Ambivalence About the Third Candidate (starting p. 109) / Mari Boor Tonn
9 Debates as a Voter Education Tool (starting p. 127) / Michael A. Mayer, Diana B. Carlin
10 The Presidential Debate as a Source of Citizen Disagreement (starting p. 139) / Mark S. Kuhn
11 Debates Versus Other Communication Sources: The Pattern of Information and Influence (starting p. 155) / Michael Pfau, William P. Eveland, Jr.
12 The Gender Gap? Male and Female Reactions to the 1992 Presidential Debates (starting p. 175) / Sally J. Perkins, Gerri L. Smith
13 The Student Voter (starting p. 187) / Julie Apker, Cary R. W. Voss
14 Implications for Future Debates (starting p. 205) / Diana B. Carlin
Appendixes (starting p. 217)
Bibliography (starting p. 253)
Index (starting p. 267)
About the Editors and Contributors (starting p. 273)
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ISBN
0275948463 ((alk. paper))
9780275948467 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
94012350
OCLC
30436978
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