In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
Autor John G. Geeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 apr 2006
Americans tend to see negative campaign ads as just that: negative. Pundits, journalists, voters, and scholars frequently complain that such ads undermine elections and even democratic government itself. But John G. Geer here takes the opposite stance, arguing that when political candidates attack each other, raising doubts about each other’s views and qualifications, voters—and the democratic process—benefit.
In Defense of Negativity, Geer’s study of negative advertising in presidential campaigns from 1960 to 2004, asserts that the proliferating attack ads are far more likely than positive ads to focus on salient political issues, rather than politicians’ personal characteristics. Accordingly, the ads enrich the democratic process, providing voters with relevant and substantial information before they head to the polls.
An important and timely contribution to American political discourse, In Defense of Negativity concludes that if we want campaigns to grapple with relevant issues and address real problems, negative ads just might be the solution.
In Defense of Negativity, Geer’s study of negative advertising in presidential campaigns from 1960 to 2004, asserts that the proliferating attack ads are far more likely than positive ads to focus on salient political issues, rather than politicians’ personal characteristics. Accordingly, the ads enrich the democratic process, providing voters with relevant and substantial information before they head to the polls.
An important and timely contribution to American political discourse, In Defense of Negativity concludes that if we want campaigns to grapple with relevant issues and address real problems, negative ads just might be the solution.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226284996
ISBN-10: 0226284999
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 32 line drawings, 12 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
ISBN-10: 0226284999
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 32 line drawings, 12 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
Notă biografică
John G. Geer is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University and the editor of the Journal of Politics, the editor of Politicians and Party Politics, and the author of Nominating Presidents: An Evaluation of Voters and Primaries and From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls: Politicians, Information, and Leadership.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. The Need for Negativity: An Introduction
2. Assessing Negativity
3. The Information Environment and Negativity
4. Evaluating Character Attacks
5. Evaluating the Content of Negative and Positive Issue Appeals
6. Dragging the Truth into the Gutter? The News Media, Negativity and the 1988 Campaign
7. Negativity, Democracy, and the Political System
Appendix
Notes
References
Notes
References
Index