Communication in Political Campaigns: Functional Analysis of Election Messages - Paperback

by William L. Benoit (Author)

This book provides theory and research on political campaign messages. It adopts a communication perspective in relation to candidate and news media messages about campaigns. It focuses on U.S. presidential campaigns, but also discusses non-presidential campaigns and non-U.S. campaign messages. Both primary and general election campaigns are covered.

Author Biography

William L. Benoit (Ph.D., Wayne State University and Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama, Birmingham) developed and applied the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse. He has published extensively (20 books and hundreds of journal articles and book chapters). He dabbles in art; he painted the artwork on the cover of this book (and others).