Political apologia: The ritual of self‐defense
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Monographs
- Vol. 45 (4) , 306-316
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03637757809375976
Abstract
The need for presidential candidates to defend their character was especially strong in the 1976 campaign, partly because “trust” was a major issue in the campaign and partly because the media, reacting to their failures through most of the Nixon administration, were more aggressive. The persistent probes of the media also brought about a change in defense strategies.Keywords
This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Sam Houston's speech of self?defense in the House of RepresentativesThe Southern Speech Journal, 1969