Kathleen Hall Jamieson: 7 books
The Press Effect
Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories that Shape the Political World
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
Was the 2000 presidential campaign merely a contest between Pinocchio and Dumbo? And did Dumbo miraculously turn into Abraham Lincoln after the events of September 11? In fact, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Paul Waldman argue in The Press Effect, these stereotypes, while containing some elements of the...
Echo Chamber
Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and media-offers a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal. Echo Chamber is the first serious account of how...
unSpun
Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
The founders of FactCheck.org teach you how to identify and debunk spin, hype, and fake news in this essential guide to informed citizenship in an age of misinformation.
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading...
Eloquence in an Electronic Age
The Transformation of Political Speechmaking
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 1990
In a book that blends anecdote with analysis, Kathleen Hall Jamieson--author of the award-winning Packaging the Presidency--offers a perceptive and often disturbing account of the transformation of political speechmaking. Jamieson addresses such fundamental issues about public speaking as what talents...
Packaging The Presidency
A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 1996
Packaging the Presidency, Third Edition, is now completely updated to offer the only comprehensive study of the history and effects of political advertising in the United States. Noted political critic Kathleen Hall Jamieson traces the development of presidential campaigning from early political songs...
Cyberwar
How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2018
The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him an Electoral College victory affected by the Russian trolls and hackers? Trump has denied it. So has Vladimir Putin. Others cast the answer as unknowable. In Cyberwar,...
The Obama Victory
How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
Barack Obama's stunning victory in the 2008 presidential election will go down as one of the more pivotal in American history. Given America's legacy of racism, how could a relatively untested first-term senator with an African father defeat some of the giants of American politics? In The Obama Victory,...