Presidential communication and character : White House news management from Clinton and cable to Twitter and Trump

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Label

Presidential communication and character : White House news management from Clinton and cable to Twitter and Trump

Title remainder

White House news management from Clinton and cable to Twitter and Trump

Statement of responsibility

Stephen J. Farnsworth

Creator

• Farnsworth, Stephen J., 1961-

Author

• Farnsworth, Stephen J., 1961-

Subject

• Communication in politics -- United States
• Mass media -- Political aspects
• Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
• Politics and government
• Presidents -- Press coverage
• Presidents -- Press coverage -- United States
• Character -- Political aspects -- United States
• Press and politics -- United States
• Since 1989
• Social media -- Political aspects
• Social media -- Political aspects -- United States
• United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
• Press and politics
• Communication in politics

Language

eng

Summary

This book traces the evolution of White House news management during America’s changing media environment over the past two decades. Comparing and contrasting the communication strategies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, it demonstrates the difficulty that all presidents have in controlling their messages despite a seemingly endless array of new media outlets and the great advantages of the office. That difficulty is compounded by new media’s amplification of presidential character traits for good or ill. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube notwithstanding, presidential power still resides in the "power to persuade, " and that task remains a steep challenge. More than ever, presidential character matters, and the media presidents now employ report on the messenger as much as the message. The book also looks at the media strategies of candidates during the 2016 presidential campaign, puts presidential media use in global context, and covers the early phase of the Trump administration, the first true Twitter presidency. -- ‡c From publisher's description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.93

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JA85.2.U6

LC item number

F38 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography