Cordial Concurrence: Orchestrating National Party Conventions in the Telepolitical Age

ISBN-13: 9780275938642 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 264 str.

Larry David Smith; Dan Nimmo

Opis

The authors argue that the convention's primary function is not the nomination of the party standard-bearer, but the mobilization of party resources in support of a decision rendered elsewhere. They examine how these mobilization processes are coordinated through political, governmental, and media institutions--especially television.