The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him an Electoral College victory affected by the Russian trolls and hackers? Trump has denied it. So has Vladimir Putin. Others cast the answer as unknowable. In Cyberwar, Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects literature to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. In the process, she asks: How extensive was the troll messaging? What characteristics of social media did the Russians exploit? Why did the mainstream press rush the hacked content into the citizenry's newsfeeds? Was Clinton telling the truth when she alleged that the debate moderators distorted what she said in the leaked speeches? Did the Russian influence extend beyond social media and news to alter the behavior of FBI director James Comey? After detailing the ways in which Russian efforts were abetted by the press, social media, candidates, party leaders, and a polarized public, Cyberwar closes with a warning: the country is ill-prepared to prevent a sequel. In this updated paperback edition, Jamieson covers the many new developments that have come to light since the original publication.

Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President: What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

History

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

Russia

Oxford University Press

Focusing on presidential elections from 1952 to 1980, this study addresses the development of campaign and political advertising, discussing its impact on the American political process, campaign strategies, voters, candidates, and elections

Packaging the Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising

Teen & Young Adult

Evolving from the fiery oratory and booming declamations of Daniel Webster to the homey, "there-you-go-again" style of Ronald Reagan, political speech in America--and indeed our idea of eloquence--has changed dramatically in the last hundred years. In a book that abounds in humorous and revealing anecdotes, Kathleen Jamieson, author of the widely-praised Packaging the Presidency, offers a perceptive and often disturbing account of the transformation of eloquence in America. In this wide-ranging volume, Jamieson not only addresses fundamental issues about public speaking--how has eloquence been perceived and taught since the days of Cicero and Demosthenes? What makes a speech great? Why is public speaking in the classroom in decline today?--but she also analyses individual speakers (Truman, Dewey, Reagan, Carter, Bush, Ferraro) and significant speeches. She is particularly skillful in revealing how radio and TV have reshaped political oratory. She describes how costly air time and tight news formats have shrunk political discourse from hour-long oratories to "news McNuggets" and sixty-second ads...how the one-to-one atmosphere of television has resulted in a quieter, more intimate speaking style...and how television encourages the use of visual images, with the politician's words serving as mere captions. She also critiques the pervasive use of ghost-written speeches, which can have humorous results (one speaker, intending to denounce Watergate as "this bizarre affair," misread his ghosted speech and called it "this brassiere affair") but which also poses serious questions. Are some public officials merely mouthpieces? Who really runs the country when politicians rely on others to write important policy speeches? Ranging from the classical orations of Cicero, to Lincoln's first inaugural address, to Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, this lively, well-documented volume contains a wealth of insight into public speaking, contemporary ideas about eloquence, and the future of political discourse in America.

Eloquence in an Electronic Age: The Transformation of Political Speechmaking

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Presidential debates have had mixed reviews. Advocates praise debates as a way of making issues more central to the campaign. Others criticize them as little more than joint press conferences. How important are these debates? Do they really test knowledge and vision? Do they sort good ideas from bad, or reveal important character traits and habits of mind? In short, do they provide voters with what they need to know to choose a president? To address these questions, the authors place contemporary debates in their cultural and historical context, tracing their origins and development in the American political tradition, from the eighteenth century to the present. Although the Kennedy-Nixon TV confrontations were an historical first, debate was an element of American electoral politics by 1788 and a staple of policy deliberation throughout the colonial period. Indeed, much of the confusion over the value of debates stems in part from the long tradition of political debating in America. Thus, to make the most productive use of debate in modern presidential politics, the authors argue, we must respond to the history of this tradition. The book concludes with recommendations to preserve the best elements of traditional debate while adapting to the requirements of the broadcast age. The reforms they advocate include: substantive debates between major party representatives between elections; alternative formats; use of visual aids in debates; follow-up press conferences; a focus on fewer issues and increased experimentation in the primaries. Presidential debates provide voters with a rare opportunity to evaluate political reasoning on complex issues. In suggesting ways to make presidential debates even more effective, this thought-provoking volume makes an important contribution to America's political future.

Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate

Birdsell, David S.

Politics & Government

Once again, presidential candidates have begun to bombard the American public with a deluge of campaign advertising for the upcoming 1988 Presidential Election. Correspondingly, Kathleen Hall Jamieson offers us this timely, incisive, and highly-informative study which chronicles the schemes and strategies that candidates and their ad executives have employed to sway the hearts and ballots of often unsuspecting voters. Drawing on previously unpublished campaign documents and unprecedentedly frank interviews with insiders, she traces the origins and evolution of presidential advertising from the earliest days of banners and broadsides to the advent of broadcasts. Focusing on each presidential election from 1952 to 1980, Jamieson examines how political advertising has developed, how candidates have shaped it and been shaped by it, and how it has both contributed to and contaminated the political process. Illuminating in its wealth of evidence and rhetorical analysis, Packaging the Presidency unmasks the small untruths and big lies that have appeared in the print, radio, and television ads of presidential candidates.

Americas

In a book that blends anecdote with analysis, Kathleen Hall Jamieson--author of the award-winning Packaging the Presidency--offers a perceptive and often disturbing account of the transformation of political speechmaking. Jamieson addresses such fundamental issues about public speaking as what talents and techniques differentiate eloquent speakers from non-eloquent speakers. She also analyzes the speeches of modern presidents from Truman to Reagan and of political players from Daniel Webster to Mario Cuomo. Ranging from the classical orations of Cicero to Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, this lively, well-documented volume contains a wealth of insight into public speaking, contemporary characteristics of eloquence, and the future of political discourse in America.

Literature & Fiction

How important are presidential debates today? To answer this question, the authors place modern debates in their cultural and historical context, tracing their origins and development in the American political tradition, from the eighteenth century to the present, and concluding with suggestions for improving their current effectiveness.

"If political advertising did not exist, we would have to invent it," writes Katherine Hall Jamieson in her widely-praised study of the subject Packaging the Presidency. Looking at the media campaigns of American presidents from the early days of the Republic to the present, Jamieson chronicles the evolution of the campaign ad from handbill and newspaper cartoon, through radio and television coverage. The argument that emerges from this extensively researched study is subtle but persuasive: though often equivocal, and even downright sleazy, political advertising is vital in reminding voters of the choices at the heart of democracy. Much of the book, appropriately, focuses on the powerful media campaigns of the post-war period. In individual chapters devoted to presidential campaigns since 1952, the claims of media strategists, campaign memos, and journalists frame discussions on the impact of candidates from Adlai Stevenson, to Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and, of course, that most skilled of media practitioners Ronald Reagan. Where the original edition of Packaging the Presidency ended with a brief commentary on the 1984 race, this revised edition adds two new chapters fully expanding on the most recent presidential races. Stringent comments on the 1984 campaign cover media representations of the rise and fall of Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale's fatal adherence to "taxonomics", and Reagan's appeals to flag-waving patriotism. In an in-depth analysis of the 1988 race, Jamieson shows how George Bush's media managers successfully annexed traditionally Democratic themes of caring and compassion, while simultaneously running an infamously dirty campaign. Just as political advertising is neither as innocent or invidious as it is frequently described, voters are more independent than cynics (and perhaps political advertisers) would like to believe. Exaggeration, gross slander, avoidance of difficult issues can all backfire on a candidate. As this fine study convincingly demonstrates, the successful "packaging" of presidents is a complex, and far from automatic, process.

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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President: What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President: What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

Packaging the Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising

Eloquence in an Electronic Age: The Transformation of Political Speechmaking

Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate

Packaging the Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising

Eloquence in an Electronic Age: The Transformation of Political Speechmaking

Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate

Packaging the Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising

Packaging the Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising