Communication in the 2008 U.S. Election

Contents: Mitchell S. McKinney/Mary Christine Banwart: The Election of a Lifetime – John C. Tedesco: The Complex Web: Young Adults’ Opinions about Online Campaign Messages – Monica Ancu: Viral Politics: The Credibility and Effects of Online Viral Political Messages – Leslie A. Rill/Mitchell S. McKinney: Talking Politics: Young Citizens’ Interpersonal Interaction during the 2008 Presidential Campaign – Sumana Chattopadhyay/Molly Greenwood: A Different Kind of Inter-media Agenda Setting: How Campaign Ads and Presidential Debates Influenced the Blogosphere in the 2008 U.S. Campaign – Clifford A. Jones: Political Advertising, Digital Fundraising and Campaign Finance in the 2008 Election: A First Amendment Normative Analysis – Hyun Jung Yun/Amy E. Jasperson/Lynda Lee Kaid: The Cumulative Effects of Televised Presidential Debates on Voters’ Attitudes across Red, Blue, and Purple Political Playgrounds – Mitchell S. McKinney/Leslie A. Rill/Darin Gully: Political Engagement through Presidential Debates: Attitudes of Political Engagement throughout the 2008 Election – Jerry L. Miller: Can YOU Hear Me Now? Identifying the Audience in 2008 Primary and General Election Presidential Political Advertisements – Alison D. Howard/Donna R. Hoffman: Talking to Millennials: Policy Rhetoric and Rhetorical Narratives in the 2008 Presidential Campaign – Karla M. Hunter/Jessica Lewis/Jerry Overton/Thomas Brandenburger: «Snap» Judgments: A Study of Newsmagazine Photographs in the 2008 Presidential Campaign – Benjamin R. Warner/Kelly L. Winfrey/Mary Christine Bawnart: Running Down Ballot: Reactions to Female and Male Candidate Messages – Dianne G. Bystrom/Narren J. Brown: Videostyle 2008: A Comparison of Female vs. Male Political Candidate Television Ads – Julia A. Spiker: Motherhood, God & Country: Sarah Palin’s 68 Days in 2008 – Lynda Lee Kaid/Zheng Xiang/Ji Young Ki: Perceptions of the U.S. and the 2008 Presidential Election from Young Citizens Around the World – Jesper Strömbäck/David L. Painter/Juliana Fernandes: International Media’s Love Affair with Barack Obama: Anti-Americanism and the Global Coverage of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign – Christina Holtz-Bacha/Reimar Zeh: German Press Coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Election Campaigns – J. Gregory Payne/Efe Sevin: The Emerson Election Project: Reflections on the Visit to the U.S. by Indonesian Journalists during the 2008 Presidential Election. Inhaltsverzeichnis