Televised Election Debates: International Perspectives

By Stephen Coleman

Book Overview

This book examines the present and the future of televised election debates, from the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate of 1960 to the age of digital interactive multimedia. A number of contributors, from various perspectives--producers, participants, and pundits--and from a variety of countries--Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, Israel--discuss the significance of TV debates in what is the first international study of this important political phenomenon.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031222561X
• ISBN13: 9780312225612
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 6.0"