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Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign explores a wide range of communication elements, themes, and topics of the 2020 presidential election. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone study focusing on the role and function of communication within the context of the chapter topics and the 2020 election.
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Introduction and Overview: The Historic and Tragic Presidential Campaign of 2020
Robert E Denton, Jr., Virginia Tech
1. Shadowboxing: Trump's Campaign Against Biden's Null Persona
Dennis C. Cali, University of Texas at Tyler and Kelley E. Connor, University of Texas at Tyler
2. Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Construction of Crisis in Campaign 2020
Diana Zulli, Purdue University and Kevin Coe, University of Utah
3. The Trump Card: The Virtue and Vulnerability of a Narrative-based Presidency
Pat Loebs, Grace College and Karly Poyner-Smith, University of Memphis
4. The Democratic Primary Debates in Political Cartoons, or, Santa Claus Gets Voted Off Fantasy Island
Christina M. Knopf, SUNY Cortland
5. Blue Privilege and Presidential Election 2020: The Empire Returns
Benjamin Voth, Southern Methodist University
6. The 2020 Presidential Campaign, Election and Outcome: "The Agenda-Spin Persuasion Wars"
Theodore F. Sheckels, Randolph-Macon College and Richard E. Vatz, Towson
About the author
Robert E. Denton Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech, USA. He has degrees in political science and communication from Wake Forest University and Purdue University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, coauthor, or editor of thirty books, several in multiple editions.Robert E. Denton Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech, USA. He has degrees in political science and communication from Wake Forest University and Purdue University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, coauthor, or editor of thirty books, several in multiple editions.Ben Voth is professor of rhetoric and director of debate and speech programs at Southern Methodist University, USA. His latest book is An Invitation to Debate: Reasoning and Argument as a Framework for Civil Society. As a collegiate speech and debate director he has coached more than five world champions, more than thirty national champions, and more than fifty state champions in speech and debate competitions over the past thirty years. He is also the author of Rwanda Rising: Debate as an Empowering International Pedagogy and The Rhetoric of Genocide: Death as a Text, as well as co-author with Robert E. Denton of Social Fragmentation and the Decline of American Democracy: The End of the Social Contract.
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Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign explores a wide range of communication elements, themes, and topics of the 2020 presidential election. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone study focusing on the role and function of communication within the context of the chapter topics and the 2020 election.
