Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

Presidential debates : the challenge of creating an informed electorate / Kathleen Hall Jamieson, David S. Birdsell - New York : Oxford University Press, 1988 - 264 p. / 20 cm.

Characteristics of prebroadcast debates in America, 17. -- The contributions of american debate, 1770-1920, 39. -- The limitations of american debate, 1770-1920, 64. -- The impact of broadcasting on debates, 84. -- The power of broadcast debates, 120. -- The problems of broadcast debates, 162. -- The promise of debates, 194. -- Presidential debates, 1948-1984, 223. -- The law and presidential debates, 229

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