Publications Specifically On Debates

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Anderson, John B. A Proper Institution: Guaranteeing Televised Presidential Debates. New York: Priority Press, 1988. Catalogued: JK524 A76 1988.

Barrus, Roger M. America through the Looking Glass: A Conservative Constitutionalist Critique of the 1992 Election. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c. 1994. Includes Roger M. Barrus's essay "Politics as Theater: The Presidential Debates." Catalogued: JK526 1992j.

Benoit, William L. and William T. Wells. Candidates in Conflict: Persuasive Attack and Defense in the 1992 Presidential Debates. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996. Catalogued: PN4055 U53 B46 1996 or available as an electronic book.

Bennoit, William L. et al. The Primary Decision: A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. Catalogued: JK2071 P75 2002.

Bishop, George F. The Presidential Debates: Media, Electoral, and Policy Perspectives. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1978.

Carlin, Diana B. and Mitchell S. McKinney. The 1992 Presidential Debates in Focus. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994. Catalogued: JK526 1992k.

Coleman, Stephen. Televised Election Debates: International Perspectives. Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, 2000. Catalogued: JF2112 D43 T45 2000.

Dailey, William O., Edward A. Hinck, & Shelly S. Hink. Politeness in Presidential Debates: Shaping Political Face in Campaign Debates from 1960 to 2004. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. Catalogued: JK524 D35 2008.

Denton, Robert E., Jr. The 1992 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994. Includes Robert V. Friedenberg's essay "The 1992 Presidential Debates. Catalogued: JK526 1992b.

_________________. The 1996 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Includes Robert V. Friedenberg's essay "The 1996 Presidential Debates." Catalogued: JK526 1996.

Donaldson, Gary A. The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c. 2007. Includes a chapter on "The Great Debates." Catalogued: E837.7 D66 2007.

Farah, George. No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates. New York: Seven Stories Press, c. 2004. Catalogued: JK524 F37 2004.

Frost, David. The Presidential Debate 1968. New York: Stein and Day, 1968. Catalogued: E851 F7 1968.

Hacker, Kenneth L. Candidate Images in Presidential Elections. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995. Contains Walter R. Zakahi and Kenneth L. Hacker's essay "Televised Presidential Debates and Candidate Images." Catalogued: JK524 C33 1995.

Hellweg, Susan A., Michael Pfau, and Steven R. Brydon. Televised Presidential Debates: Advocacy in Contemporary America. New York: Praeger, 1992. Catalogued: JK524 H396 1992.

Hinck, Edward A. Enacting the Presidency: Political Argument, Presidential Debates, and Presidential Character. Westport, CT: Praeger, c. 1993. Catalogued: JK524 H56 1993.

Holbrook, Thomas M. Do Campaigns Matter? Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, c. 1996. Includes a chapter on "The Effects of Debates." Catalogued: JK524 H65 1996.

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall and David S. Birdsell. Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Catalogued: JK524 J35 1990.

Johnson, Thomas J., Carol E. Hays, and Scott P. Hays. Engaging the Public: How Government and the Media Can Reinvigorate American Democracy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, c. 1998. Includes David Weaver, Dan Drew, and Wei Wu's essay "Voter Interest and Participation in the 1996 Presidential Election: Did the Debates Matter?" Catalogued: JK1764 E54 1998.

Kendall, Kathleen E. Presidential Campaign Discourse: Strategic Communication Problems. Albany: State University of New York Press, c.1995. Includes Diana Owen's essay "The Debate Challenge: Candidate Strategies in the New Media Age." Catalogued: E884 P73 1995.

Kraus, Sidney. The Great Debates: Background, Perspective, Effects. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [1962]. Includes the text of the four televised debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 campaign. Catalogued: E840 K7.

___________. The Great Debates: Background, Perspective, Effects. Gloucester, MA; P. Smith, 1968. Catalogued: E837.7 K7 1968.

___________. Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy. Hillsdale, NJ: L. Eribaum Associates, 1988. Catalogued: JK524 K73 1988.

___________. Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum Associates, 2000. Catalogued: JK524 K73 2000 or available as an electronic book.

Lanoue, David J. and Peter R. Schrott. The Joint Press Conference: The History, Impact, and Prospects of American Presidential Debates. New York: Greenwood, 1991. Catalogued: JK524 L36 1991.

Lemert, James B., et al. News Verdicts, the Debates, and Presidential Campaigns. New York: Praeger, 1991. Catalogued: JK526 1988k.

Loevy, Robert D. The Flawed Path to the Presidency, 1992: Unfairness and Equality in the Presidential Selection Process. Albany: State University of New York Press, c.1995. Contains a chapter on "Bush's Last Chance: The 1992 Presidential Debates." Catalogued: JK526 1992g or available as an electronic book.

______________. The Manipulated Path to the White House: Maximizing Advantage in the Presidential Selection Process. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, c. 1998. Includes a chapter on "The 1996 Presidential Candidate Television Debates." Catalogued: JK526 1996c.

Martel, Myles. Political Campaign Debates: Images, Strategies, and Tactics. New York: Longman, 1983. Catalogued: JF2112 D43 M37 1983.

Minow, Newton N. and Clifford M. Sloan. For Great Debates: A New Plan for Future Presidential TV Debates. New York: Priority Press Publications, 1987. Catalogued: JK524 M56 1987.

Minow, Newton N. Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Catalogued: JK524 M563 2008.

Norris, Pippa. Politics and the Press: The News Media and Their Influences. Boulder, CO: L. Rienner Publishers, 1997. Includes Michael X. Delli Carpini, Scott Keeter, and Sharon Webb's essay "The Impact of Presidential Debates." Catalogued: PN 4738 P55 1997.

Owen, Diana. Media Messages in American Presidential Elections. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. Includes a chapter on "Televised Presidential Debates: The Ultimate Pseudoevents." Catalogued: JK524 O94 1991.

Payne, J. Gregory. Campaign 2004: Volume Two: De/Constructing the Mediated Realities of Presidential Debates: Shaping Political Face in Campaign Debates from 1960 to 2004. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006.

Ranney, Austin. The Past and Future of Presidential Debates. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, c.1979. Catalogued: JK524 P36.

Rogers, Edward A. Face to Face: Novel of a Presidential Debate. William Morrow, 1962. Catalogued: PZ4 R7243 Fac 1962.

Rose, Gary L. Controversial Issues in Presidential Selection. Albany: State University of New York Press, c. 1994. Contains W.E. Carroll, J.I. Lengle, and D.C. Lambert's "Should Presidential Debates Be Required?" Catalogued: JK528 C73 1994 and available as an electronic book.

Roth, Robert. The Natural Law Party: A Reason to Vote: Breaking the Two-Party Stranglehold and Bringing Effective New Solutions to America's Problems. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Contains a chapter on "Preparing for the Vice Presidential Debate." Catalogued: JK2391 N34 R67.

Schroeder, Alan. Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Catalogued: JF2112 D43 S37 2000.

Smith, Stephen A. Bill Clinton on Stump, State, and Stage: The Rhetorical Road to the White House. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994. Contains Dale A. Herbeck's essay "Presidential Debate as Political Ritual: Clinton vs. Bush vs. Perot." Catalogued: E884 B54 1994.

Stuckey, Mary E. The Theory and Practice of Political Communication Research. Albany: State University of New York Press, c.1996. Includes Ronald Milavsky & Jian-Hua Zhu's essay "Equal Time within Televised Presidential Debates." Catalogued: JA86 S85 1996 or available as an electronic book.

Swerdlow, Joel L. Beyond Debates: A Paper on Televised Presidential Debates. Priority, 1989.

Trautman, Karl G. The New Populist Reader. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. Includes a chapter entitled "Opening Up the Two-Party System: Reforming Ballot Access Laws and the Presidential Debates." Catalogued: JK468 P64 N49 1997.

Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Presidential Debates. Let America Decide: The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Presidential Debates. New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1996.

_________________________________________________. With the Nation Watching: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Televised Presidential Debates. New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1979. Catalogued: HE8700.7 P6 W63.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. The Presidential Campaign 1976. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1978-1979. The third volume is on the debates. Fed Gov Documents: Y 4.H 81/3:P 92/2/976/v. 3.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Elections. Presidential Debates: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, June 17, 1993. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1993. Fed Gov Documents: Y4.H 81/3:P 92/6 or available at the same call number in Fed Gov Microforms.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Waiver of Equal Time Law and the 1976 Presidential Debates: Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session...August 24, 1976. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1976. Fed Gov Documents: Y 4.C 73/2:94-107.