Readings on Political Communication Author:Theodore F. Sheckels, Janette Kenner Muir, Terry Robertson, Lisa Gring-Pemble This volume introduces students to the rich scholarship and diverse issues of the field. Thirty-five significant essays from the literature explore election dynamics, presidential speeches, media issues, congressional debates, Internet advertising, spectator democracy, and marginalized citizens. Introductions guide student reading on the issues... more » that continue to define citizenship and shape democracy in the twenty-first century.« less