About The Book

How media influence American political identity

Topics

  1. TWO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS – setting the scenes
  2. A SPEECH THAT MADE YOUR SOCKS ROLL DOWN – impact of Hubert Humphrey’s civil rights speech
  3. SMARTPHONE POLITICS – how messages are structured to suit media
  4. RIDING ON THE OUTCOME – public interest in conventions
  5. LET’S GET RICH: POLITICAL CAREERS – a case for cost reforms – not finance reform
  6. RULES OF ORDER – debate and democratic culture
  7. THE GREATEST FUNERAL – venue for national rites, like Super Bowls
  8. AMAZING WOMEN – historic impact of women in Democratic Party
  9. A PECULIAR CHILDHOOD – a memoir
  10. LABOR UNIONS AT THE CONVENTIONS – evolution of the white working and union influence
  11. THE FEMININE ETHOS OF 2016 – gender in subconscious persuasion
  12. FLYING THE FLAG – patriotism, militarism in partisan identity
  13. WHY WOMEN VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS – discomfort with machismo patriotism
  14. WILLIAM PENN’S CITY – Philadelphia’s unique role in historic decisions
  15. POLITICIANS IN THE HEAT – the absence of air conditioning
  16. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RHETORIC – rhetoric in databases
  17. THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC BRANDS – Party marketing and brand loyalty,
  18. RELIGION AT THE 2016 CONVENTIONS – religion and Party benediction
  19. TRUMAN AND CONGRESS – Truman’s successful rhetorical strategy
  20. SLOGANS – “Give ‘em hell, Harry,” deep meaning of slogans
  21. TAOIST POLITICS – the adversarial imperative of American politics
  22. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT – the challenge of reforming politics vs reforming government