Kumar, Martha Joynt.

Managing the president's message : the White House communications operation / Martha Joynt Kumar. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xxxii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-332) and index.

Creating an effective communications operation -- The communications operation of President Bill Clinton -- The communications operations of President George W. Bush -- White House communications advisers -- The press secretary to the President -- The gaggle and the daily briefing -- Presidential press conferences -- Managing the message.



9780801886522 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080188652X (hardcover : alk. paper)

2006037724


Government and the press--United States.
Press and politics--United States.
Presidents--Press coverage--United States.
Communication--Political aspects--United States.

PN 4738 / K96m 2007

352.3/840973