Political Debates as Televisual Form.

Conrad, Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ484805

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Political Debates as Televisual Form.

Conrad, Charles

Argumentation and Advocacy, v30 n2 p62-76 Fall 1993

Argues that political debates can usefully be viewed as a "televisual" form. Shows how audiences bring conventions to the viewing of debates grounded in forms dominating television narrative. Illustrates this perspective by analyzing debates in the 1984 United States Senatorial race between Jesse Helms and James Hunt. (HB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Debate, Discourse Analysis, Elections, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Television Research

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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