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  • A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements

    by William L. Benoit ...
    A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements examines theory and research on election advertisements. William Benoit employs the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse to understand the nature or content of television spots in election campaigns. Beginning with a look at American presidential spots from 1952–2012, Benoit investigates the three functions—acclaims, attacks ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Communication in Political Campaigns

    Functional Analysis of Election Messages

    by William L. Benoit ...
    This book is based on the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse. It adopts a communication perspective to campaigns for public office. It discusses medium (e.g., speeches TV spots, debates, social media), sources of campaign messages, context (e.g., primary vs. general campaign), audience (voters and how they process messages), news coverage of election campaigns, and non-presidential ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies

    Image Repair Theory Extended

    by William L. Benoit ...
    Proposes a theory and case studies on repairing a damaged or threatened image or reputation.In our constantly plugged-in and connected world, image is everything. People, groups, organizations, and countries frequently come under suspicion of wrongdoing and sometimes require defense. Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies describes the image-repair strategies that may be used to help defuse these ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Political Election Debates

    Informing Voters about Policy and Character

    by William L. Benoit ...
    Political debates are an important facet of modern election campaigns. How politicians frame an argument, how the audience perceives it, and how the media decides to display it are key components in analyzing the outcome of a political debate, and ultimately, an election. Drawing mainly on the functional theory of political campaign discourse, William L. Benoit examines a wide variety of debates ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Presidential Campaigns in the Age of Social Media

    Clinton and Trump

    by William L. Benoit, Mark J. Glantz ...
    This book offers content analyses of the 2016 presidential candidate campaign messages from the primary and the general election. The chapters examine both new (Twitter, Facebook) and traditional (TV spots, debates, speeches) media employed in this contest. This allows comparison of campaign phases (primary versus general), candidates (Republican primary and Democratic primary candidates; general ... Read more

    $118.99 CAD

  • Persuasive Attack

    Threatening Reputations in Public Discourse

    by William L. Benoit, Kevin A. Stein, Matthew Barton ...
    Persuasive attacks have captured public interest for centuries. These attacks uniquely span the range from high level politics to celebrity scandal. Each context highlights totally different harmful behaviors, yet key strategies are employed in consistent, and surprisingly unique, ways.This book investigates the nature of persuasive attack by examining the strategies used in various cases to ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary

    by William L. Benoit, Mark J. Glantz ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
    Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary investigates the nature of persuasive attacks on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential primary campaign. It begins by extending the Theory of Persuasive Attack to include attacks on character as well as attacks on actions. William L. Benoit & Mark J. Glantz use topical analysis to understand humor (late night television jokes; ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • You've Changed

    The Promise and Price of Self-Transformation

    by Benoit Denizet-Lewis ...
    “A blazingly smart, thoughtful, funny, and moving book about the endless hope—and the occasional limits—of human transformation.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and All the Way to the RiverFrom New York Times bestselling author Benoit Denizet-Lewis comes a timely, provocative, and deeply moving exploration of personal transformation in a period of roiling uncertainty. You’ve Changed ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication

    by William L. Benoit, Andrew C. Billings ...
    Series Book 27 - Mass Communication and Journalism
    Mass communication theories were largely built when we had mass media audiences. The number of television, print, film or other forms of media audiences were largely finite, concentrating people on many of the same core content offerings, whether that be the nightly news or a popular television show. What happens when those audiences splinter? The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication surveys the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • 365 ACTIVITY IDEAS TO NEVER GET BORED

    The entertainment bible

    by Benoît WILLIAM ...
    A true entertainment bible, this book is full of ideas for having fun or entertaining alone or in a group, whether at home, outdoors or during an evening with friends. This book is the perfect companion for those who want a full life and never get bored! This book is a very good idea for an original gift to offer to a member of your family or a friend.This book contains 365 ideas, ie 1 idea per ... Read more

    $11.83 CAD

  • Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States

    [2 volumes]

    Edited by William L. Benoit ...
    This work peels back the curtain on how political campaigns influence America, covering everything from social media to getting to the Oval Office.This comprehensive handbook reveals essentially everything the American public wants to know about political campaigns. The two-volume set begins with a historical overview, then goes on to investigate campaigns from a variety of perspectives that shed ... Read more

    $150.99 CAD

  • The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies

    A Comparative Study

    Edited by Jean-Benoit Pilet, William Cross ...
    Series series Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites
    This book explores the ways in which political parties, in contemporary parliamentary democracies, choose their leaders and then subsequently hold them accountable. The authors provide a comprehensive examination of party leadership selection and accountability both through examination of parties and countries in different institutional settings and through a holistic analysis of the role of party ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD