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A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements
A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements Author:William L. Benoit A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements examines theory and research on political television advertisements. After reviewing the literature, the book explains the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse, which is used to understand the nature or content of TV spots in election campaigns. It begins by looking at Ame... more »rican presidential TV spots from 1952-2012. Using Functional Theory, Benoit investigates the three functions?acclaims, attacks, and defenses?and two topics?policy and character?for these groups of political commercials. The following chapters are devoted to reporting similar data on presidential primary advertisements, presidential third party spots, other theories?Issue Ownership Theory and Functional Federalism Theory?as well as non-presidential and non-U.S. election advertising. Benoit considers the data, discusses the development of political advertising over time, and finally, presents areas for further research. No other book has quite the scope of this title.« less