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Campaign 2000 applies the functional theory of political campaign
discourse--analyzing how messages acclaim, attack, or defend--to
several different forms of campaign communication in the 2000 U.S.
presidential primary and general election. These forms include
political advertisements on television and radio, debates,
television talk show appearances, campaign web pages, and
convention speeches by candidates and their spouses. The authors
also look at the election outcomes and explore lessons to apply to
future campaign discourse.
Campaign 2000 applies the functional theory of political campaign
discourse--analyzing how messages acclaim, attack, or defend--to
several different forms of campaign communication in the 2000 U.S.
presidential primary and general election. These forms include
political advertisements on television and radio, debates,
television talk show appearances, campaign web pages, and
convention speeches by candidates and their spouses. The authors
also look at the election outcomes and explore lessons to apply to
future campaign discourse.
Benoit, Blaney, and Pier apply the functional theory of political
campaign discourse to the 1996 presidential campaign. When a
citizen casts a vote, he or she makes a decision about which
candidate is preferable. There are only three types of rhetorical
strategies for persuading voters to believe a candidate is the
better choice: acclaiming or self-praise, attacking or criticizing
an opponent, and defending or responding to attacks. As they
illustrate, acclaims, if accepted by the audience, make the
candidate appear better. Attacks can make the opponent seem worse,
improving the source's apparent preferability. If attacked, a
candidate can attempt to restore-or prevent-lost credibility by
defending against that attack. As Benoit, Blaney, and Pier point
out, the functional theory of political communication is relatively
new, and their book illustrates it with a detailed analysis of the
most recent presidential campaign. One of the major strengths of
the study is the variety of message forms examined: television
spots, debates, talk radio appearances, keynote speeches,
acceptance speeches, speeches by spouses, radio addresses, and free
television time remarks. It also examines all three parts of the
campaign-primary, nominating conventions, and general campaign.
This comprehensive analysis of the '96 presidential campaign will
be of considerable use to students, scholars, and other researchers
dealing with contemporary American electioneering.
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