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Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign explores a wide range of communication elements, themes, and topics of the 2020 presidential election. The introduction provides a brief snapshot summarizing the role of more traditional elements of campaign communication as well as the newer elements of social media and journalistic practices that transformed the political landscape in 2020. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone study focusing on the role and function of communication within the context of the chapter topics and the 2020 election.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview: The Historic and Tragic Presidential Campaign of 2020
Robert E Denton, Jr., Virginia Tech
1. Shadowboxing: Trump's Campaign Against Biden's Null Persona
Dennis C. Cali, University of Texas at Tyler and Kelley E. Connor, University of Texas at Tyler
2. Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Construction of Crisis in Campaign 2020
Diana Zulli, Purdue University and Kevin Coe, University of Utah
3. The Trump Card: The Virtue and Vulnerability of a Narrative-based Presidency
Pat Loebs, Grace College and Karly Poyner-Smith, University of Memphis
4. The Democratic Primary Debates in Political Cartoons, or, Santa Claus Gets Voted Off Fantasy Island
Christina M. Knopf, SUNY Cortland
5. Blue Privilege and Presidential Election 2020: The Empire Returns
Benjamin Voth, Southern Methodist University
6. The 2020 Presidential Campaign, Election and Outcome: “The Agenda-Spin Persuasion Wars”
Theodore F. Sheckels, Randolph-Macon College and Richard E. Vatz, Towson

Product details

Published Oct 18 2021
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 218
ISBN 9781793654410
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 b/w illustrations;
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Robert E. Denton Jr.

Contributor

Dennis Cali

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Kevin Coe

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Kelly Connor

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Edward A. Hinck

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Robert S. Hinck

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Shelly S. Hinck

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Christina Knopf

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Pat Loebs

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Kirt Shineman

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Richard E. Vatz

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Ben Voth

Ben Voth is professor of rhetoric and director of…

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Diana Zulli

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