(Hardback, 3rd edition)

A synthesis of writings in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, journalism and history. This updated edition features new chapters on the topics of campaign management, congressional campaigns, politics and popular culture, and "unofficial Washington".

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

A synthesis of writings in political communication from the fields of communication, political science, journalism and history. This updated edition features new chapters on the topics of campaign management, congressional campaigns, politics and popular culture, and "unofficial Washington".

(Hardback)

Chapters discuss such specific topics as the relationship between the press and the censoring military, CNN's and C-SPAN's coverage, how talk radio and television covered the war, the media's depiction of women in the military, the Gulf War as a referent in advertising, and how popular culture legitimized the war.

(Hardback)

Specifically, Denton analyzes the use of television as an instrument of image-making and governing, the role of the media in contemporary politics, the impact of television on presidential politics, and the future of the presidency in the age of television.