Televised election debates : international perspectives

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Televised election debates : international perspectives

edited by Stephen Coleman ; foreword by David Butler

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 2000

  • : uk (hardcover)
  • : uk (pbk.)
  • : us (cloth)

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"[Published] in association with the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government"

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: uk (hardcover) ISBN 9780333732625

Description

This book examines the present and future of televised election debates, from the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate of 1960 to the age of digital interactive multimedia. A number of contributors, from various perspectives - debate producers, participants and pundits - and from a variety of countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, Israel - discuss the significance of TV debates in what is the first international study of this important political phenomenon.

Table of Contents

  • Preface - Foreword
  • D.Butler - Meaningful Political Debate in the Age of the Soundbite
  • S.Coleman - What Can Voters Learn from Election Debates?
  • K.H.Jamieson & C.Adasiewicz - Leaders Debates and Presidential Politics in Australia
  • I.Ward & M.Walsh - Peres Versus Netanyahu: Television Wins the Debate, Israel 1996
  • S.Blum-Kulka & T.Liebes - Third Parties and TV Debates
  • R.Holme - The Great British Exception
  • A.Mitchell - The Worm that Turned: New Zealand's 1996 General Election and the Televised 'Worm' Debates
  • H.Clark - Making the Debates Happen: A Guide for Viewers
  • D.B.Carlin - Mission to Engage
  • J.Hall - Index
Volume

: uk (pbk.) ISBN 9780333732632

Description

This book examines the present and future of televised election debates, from the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate of 1960 to the age of digital interactive multimedia. A number of contributors, from various perspectives - debate producers, participants and pundits - and from a variety of countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, Israel - discuss the significance of TV debates in what is the first international study of this important political phenomenon.

Table of Contents

  • Preface Foreword
  • D.Butler Meaningful Political Debate in the Age of the Soundbite
  • S.Coleman What Can Voters Learn from Election Debates?
  • K.H.Jamieson & C.Adasiewicz Leaders Debates and Presidential Politics in Australia
  • I.Ward & M.Walsh Peres Versus Netanyahu: Television Wins the Debate, Israel 1996
  • S.Blum-Kulka & T.Liebes Third Parties and TV Debates
  • R.Holme The Great British Exception
  • A.Mitchell The Worm that Turned: New Zealand's 1996 General Election and the Televised 'Worm' Debates
  • H.Clark Making the Debates Happen: A Guide for Viewers
  • D.B.Carlin Mission to Engage
  • J.Hall Index

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