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Presidential Press Conferences - A Critical Approach (Hardcover, New)
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Presidential Press Conferences - A Critical Approach (Hardcover, New)
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In this timely new book, Carolyn Smith develops a methodology for
the study and criticism of presidential press conferences. Moving
away from the traditional method of studying the presidential
rhetoric of prepared speeches, Smith proposes methods of criticism
for the quasi-spontaneous environment of the press conference where
the control of messages is divided between the president and the
press. The book offers a detailed critical assessment of Ronald
Reagan's relationship with reporters during his eight years in
office. From this assessment, Smith develops her approach to press
conference criticism. She proposes the development of standards by
which to judge good, bad, and indifferent press exchanges and
focuses on the internal dynamics of press conferences as they now
exist. Noting that presidential press conference reform has been
tried several times with a general lack of success, Smith points
out that these press conferences, whatever their deficiencies, are
valuable records worth understanding. The book explores the nature
of the presidential press conference and the fundamental importance
of the adversarial relationship between the president and the
press. Smith includes a valuable summary of the history of the
adversarial press conference focusing on those aspects that have
made the press conference an institution and an inherently
adversarial public encounter. She then puts forth an approach for
criticism of the press conference accounting for both the president
and the press. Finally, using her own approach, Smith offers sample
criticism of Ronald Reagan's press conferences and his relationship
with reporters during his first 69 days in office. Students and
scholars of journalism, rhetoric, political science, and
communication will find Presidential Press Conferences valuable
reading.
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