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This important text is the first to examine the Clinton presidency from a communication perspective. Experts in communication and presidential studies analyze the rhetoric, images, issues, and communication strategies employed by the President, the First Lady, and the administration. From the feel-good town meetings of the campaign to the exuberant days of the inauguration, from the health care crisis to the Whitewater scandal and the Republican congressional landslide, this volume attempts to separate image from reality and spin from actuality in the media presidency of William Jefferson Clinton.
List of contents
Series Foreword
Preface
Inaugurating the Clinton Presidency: Regenerative Rhetoric and the American Community by David E. Procter and Kurt Ritter
Clinton and the Town Hall Meetings: Mediated Conversation and the Risk of Being "In Touch" by Robert E. Denton, Jr., and Rachel L. Holloway
Virtual Democracy: A Critique of the Clinton Administration Citizen-White House Electronic Mail System by Kenneth L. Hacker
"The Bad Days Are Part of It": Editorial Cartoonists on Clinton's First Year by Edward H. Sewell, Jr.
Media Conflicts over Clinton Policies: Political Advertising and the Battle for Public Opinion by Lynda Lee Kaid, John C. Tedesco, and Julia A. Spiker
The Compromising Clinton: Images of Failure, A Record of Success by Rita K. Whillock
Redefining the Role of the First Lady: The Rhetorical Style of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Janette Kenner Muir and Lisa M. Benitez
The Clintons and the Health Care Crisis: Opportunity Lost, Promise Unfulfilled by Rachel L. Holloway
Clinton's Characteristic Issue Management Style: Caution, Conciliation, and Conflict Avoidance in the Case of Gays in the Military by Denise M. Bostdorff
"Rough Stretches and Honest Disagreements": Is Bill Clinton Redefining the Rhetorical Presidency? by Craig Allen Smith
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
About the author
ROBERT E. DENTON, JR., holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies and serves as Director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leadership Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, and book chapters, he is author, co-author or editor of 13 books. The most recent title is Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Praeger, 2000).
RACHEL L. HOLLOWAY is Associate Professor of Communications Studies at Virginia Tech. She is the author of In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Politics, Rhetoric, and Self-Defense (Praeger, 1993) and co-editor of The Clinton Presidency: Images, Issues, and Communication Strategies (Praeger, 1996).
