forty years of high-risk TV Schroeder, Alan 1954- creator text nyu New York Columbia University Press c2000 2000 monographic eng

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x, 271 p. ; 24 cm. "Alan Schroeder sheds new light on every debate from 1960 to the present. From the selection of questioners to the camera angles, from issues of makeup to lighting and stage set, Schroeder shows how decisions are made that influence every aspect of what the audience perceives. The Presidential Debates: Forty Years of High-Risk TV takes readers on a backstage tour, approaching the debates within the framework of the fundamental steps to which TV producers adhere: preproduction, production, and postproduction. Calling upon behind-the-scenes stories from seven campaign seasons, Schroeder illustrates how the live component of the debates, far from diminishing dramatic potential, increases our anticipation - not least because of viewer curiosity to watch one candidate make a grave error and go down in flames."--BOOK JACKET. The first presidential debate -- The predebate debate -- Strategy and preparation -- Predebate news coverage -- The debaters -- The questioners -- The productions -- Postdebate news coverage -- The audience -- The future of presidential debates -- Schedule of televised presidential and vice presidential debates: 1960-1996. Alan Schroeder. Includes bibliographical references ([253]-258) and index. n-us--- Campaign debates United States Television in politics United States Presidents United States Election JF 2112 S381p 2000 324.7/3/0973 0231114001 (alk. paper) 9780231114004 (alk. paper) 00035831 http://www.ciaonet.org.ezproxy.csusm.edu/book/sca02/index.html http://www.ciaonet.org.ezproxy.csusm.edu/book/sca02/index.html DLC 060907 20230410121006.0 4377