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Newspaper Coverage Of U.S. Senate Debates, William L. Benoit, Corey Davis
Newspaper Coverage Of U.S. Senate Debates, William L. Benoit, Corey Davis
Speaker & Gavel
Political debates are important message forms, capable of informing and in-fluencing voters. However, news coverage of debates informs and influences both those who watch, and those who do not watch, the debates. This study compared the content (functions and topics) of 10 U.S. Senate debates from 1998-2004 with the content of newspaper articles about those particular debates. Newspaper coverage of debates was significantly more negative than the debates themselves, reporting a higher percentage of attacks and a smaller percentage of acclaims than the candidates employed. The newspaper articles also stressed character more, and policy less, than the candidates. This journalistic …
Campaign Announcement Analysis: Carly Fiorina, Kelly M. Wingerson
Campaign Announcement Analysis: Carly Fiorina, Kelly M. Wingerson
Rhetorical Analyses of the Announcement Speeches of Presidential Hopefuls
An application of Medhurst’s (2005) conceptual overview of presidential campaign on Carly Fiorina's announcement for her presidential run.
Ben Carson, Zacary W. Jaconetti
Ben Carson, Zacary W. Jaconetti
Rhetorical Analyses of the Announcement Speeches of Presidential Hopefuls
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Phrases, Politics, And Paul, Kathryn E. Krajewski Ms.
Phrases, Politics, And Paul, Kathryn E. Krajewski Ms.
Rhetorical Analyses of the Announcement Speeches of Presidential Hopefuls
This paper is an analysis of the language used in presidential candidate Rand Paul's 2015 Announcement Speech. After reading this paper, the reader should have a better understanding in general about how politicians use language to try to obtain more supporters and to get more people to vote for them.
Remaking American Greatness, Aubrey M. Waddick
Remaking American Greatness, Aubrey M. Waddick
Op-Ed Pieces
Op Eds, or opinion editorials, are typically published in daily newspapers and can raise awareness about a particular topic or aim to persuade others. For this project each student wrote an op-ed in which they presented their opinion or thoughts about the issue of islamophobic discourse coming from Republican candidates, especially Donald Trump.