The control room : how television calls the shots in presidential elections / Martin Plissner.

By: Plissner, Martin [Author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Free Press, [1999]Copyright date: c1999Description: vii, 244 pages : 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 068482731XSubject(s): Television in politics -- United States | Presidents -- United States -- Election | Political campaigns -- United StatesDDC classification: 324.730973 LOC classification: HE8700.76.U6 | P55 1999
Contents:
1. In the Beginning Was New Hampshire -- and the Networks -- 2. From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions) -- 3. For Whom the Networks Call -- 4. Masters of All They Survey -- 5. The Less Than Great Debates -- 6. At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its Critics -- Conclusion -- The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000.
Summary: Traces the evolution of American presidential campaigns from a party-driven process rooted in a leadership elite to one in which the choices are presented to the voters primarily by television.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. In the Beginning Was New Hampshire --
and the Networks --
2. From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions) --
3. For Whom the Networks Call --
4. Masters of All They Survey --
5. The Less Than Great Debates --
6. At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its Critics --
Conclusion --
The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000.

Traces the evolution of American presidential campaigns from a party-driven process rooted in a leadership elite to one in which the choices are presented to the voters primarily by television.

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