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Ritter, Kurt; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1984
Studies focusing on televised presidential primary debates include four prespectives. From a historical perspective, televised presidential primary debates have increased slowly from 1956 through 1980. With the 1975 Federal Communications Commission ruling that independently sponsored campaign debates were news events exempt from "equal…
Descriptors: Debate, Mass Media Effects, News Reporting, Persuasive Discourse
Merritt, Bishetta D. – 1984
A study analyzed the visual content of the 1984 New Hampshire and California Democratic candidate debates to determine how Jesse Jackson was portrayed by television. The New Hampshire debate was chosen because it offered the first opportunity for Jackson to be heard and compared to the other, more media-prominent candidates. The California debate…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Debate