Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign - (Media and Public Affairs) by Amber Roessner (Hardcover)
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- With the rise of Jimmy Carter, a former Georgia governor and a relative newcomer to national politics, the 1976 presidential election proved a transformative moment in U.S. history, heralding a change in terms of how candidates run for public office and how the news media cover their campaigns.
- About the Author: Amber Roessner is associate professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- 352 Pages
- History, United States
- Series Name: Media and Public Affairs
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"With the rise of Jimmy Carter, a former Georgia governor and a relative newcomer to national politics, the 1976 presidential election proved a transformative moment in U.S. history, heralding a change in terms of how candidates run for public office and how the news media cover their campaigns. Amber Roessner's "Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign" chronicles a change in the negotiation of political image craft and the role it played in Carter's meteoric rise to the presidency. She contends that Carter's underdog victory signaled a transition from an older form of party politics focused on issues and platforms to a newer brand of personality politics driven by the manufacture of a political image. Roessner offers a new perspective on the production and consumption of media images of the peanut farmer from Plains who became the thirty-ninth president of the United States. Carter's miraculous win transpired in part because of carefully cultivated publicity and advertising strategies that informed his official political persona as it evolved throughout the Democratic primary and general--election campaigns. To understand how media relations helped shape the first post--Watergate presidential election, Roessner examines the practices and working conditions of the community of political reporters, public relations agents, and advertising specialists associated with the Carter bid. She draws on materials from campaign files and strategic memoranda; radio and TV advertisements; news and entertainment broadcasts; newspaper and magazine coverage; and recent interviews with Carter, prominent members of his campaign staff, and over a dozen journalists who reported on the 1976 election and his presidency. With its focus on the inner workings of the bicentennial election, "Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign" offers an incisive view of the transition from the yearlong to the permanent campaign, from New Deal progressivism to New Right conservatism, from issues to soundbites, and from objective news analysis to partisan commentary."--Book Synopsis
With the rise of Jimmy Carter, a former Georgia governor and a relative newcomer to national politics, the 1976 presidential election proved a transformative moment in U.S. history, heralding a change in terms of how candidates run for public office and how the news media cover their campaigns.
Amber Roessner's Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign chronicles a change in the negotiation of political image-craft and the role it played in Carter's meteoric rise to the presidency. She contends that Carter's underdog victory signaled a transition from an older form of party politics focused on issues and platforms to a newer brand of personality politics driven by the manufacture of a political image. Roessner offers a new perspective on the production and consumption of media images of the peanut farmer from Plains who became the thirty-ninth president of the United States. Carter's miraculous win transpired in part because of carefully cultivated publicity and advertising strategies that informed his official political persona as it evolved throughout the Democratic primary and general--election campaigns. To understand how media relations helped shape the first post--Watergate presidential election, Roessner examines the practices and working conditions of the community of political reporters, public relations agents, and advertising specialists associated with the Carter bid. She draws on materials from campaign files and strategic memoranda; radio and TV advertisements; news and entertainment broadcasts; newspaper and magazine coverage; and recent interviews with Carter, prominent members of his campaign staff, and over a dozen journalists who reported on the 1976 election and his presidency. With its focus on the inner workings of the bicentennial election, Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign offers an incisive view of the transition from the yearlong to the permanent campaign, from New Deal progressivism to New Right conservatism, from issues to soundbites, and from objective news analysis to partisan commentary.Review Quotes
Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign brought back a lot of memories, reminded me of events I had forgotten, and informed me of things I never knew.--Curtis Wilkie, national correspondent for the "Boston Globe" during the Carter administration and coauthor with Thomas Oliphant of "The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-year Campaign"
Though I thought I knew most everything about Jimmy Carter, Amber Roessner told a lot about the backstage maneuvering that I did not.--Wesley G. Pippert, correspondent for United Press International during the Carter administration and author of "The Spiritual Journey of Jimmy Carter, in His Own Words"
What accounts for candidate Jimmy Carter's remarkable success at image-making and President Carter's utter failure to project the right image? That is the key question about Carter and the press, and this impressively researched book answers it definitively. In clear, compelling prose, Roessner explains the transformations in political journalism and campaign tactics that shaped Carter's fortunes. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of campaign coverage.--Matthew Pressman, author of "On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News"
About the Author
Amber Roessner is associate professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of Inventing Baseball Heroes: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America.Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Series Title: Media and Public Affairs
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: LSU Press
Theme: 20th Century
Format: Hardcover
Author: Amber Roessner
Language: English
Street Date: May 20, 2020
TCIN: 91949862
UPC: 9780807170793
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-1584
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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