The Joint Press Conference: The History, Impact, and Prospects of American Presidential Debates

by David J. Lanoue

Despite the brouhaha accorded presidential debates by the media, which regards these confrontations as events of significant magnitude, social scientists have been less convinced of their impact and importance. They tend to assert that such performances have had little effect on voting behavior, and tend to merely reinforce viewers' already held biases. In The Joint Press Conference, David J. Lanoue and Peter R. Schrott focus on the impact...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272484
• ISBN13: 9780313272486
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"