Presidential debates : fifty years of high-risk TV /
Fifty years of high-risk TV
Alan Schroeder.
- 2a ed.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
- x, 368 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-355) and index.
Introduction: The first presidential debate -- pt. I: Preproduction. 1. The predebate debate ; 2. Predebate strategy ; 3. Candidate preparation ; 4. Predebate news coverage -- pt. II: Production. 5. The debaters ; 6. The questioners ; 7. The productions -- pt. III: Postproduction. 8. Postdebate new coverage ; 9. The audience ; 10. Making presidential debates better -- Appendix: Schedule of televised presidential and vice presidential debates, 1960-2004.
Campaign debates--United States. Television in politics--United States. Presidents--Election.--United States Campaign debates--United States. Television in politics--United States. Presidents--United States--Election.