Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending: A Functional Analysis of U.S. Nominating Convention Keynote Speeches

Benoit, William L.; Blaney, Joseph R.; Pier, P. M.

doi:10.1080/105846000198512

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“…One of the most established theses in the American context of negative campaigning is that challengers tend to use negative campaigning more than incumbents (Lau & Pomber 2001; Benoit et al 2000, 69). This is because the incumbents can emphasise their former performance in, say, Congress or the presidency – for instance, they can point to their work to pass popular bills or efforts made to stop unpopular legislation.…”

Section: Negative Campaigningmentioning

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Negative Campaigning in a Multiparty System

Hansen

Pedersen

2008

Scand Pol Stud

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Research in political campaigning in Scandinavian countries is inadequate, and research in negative campaigning is entirely non‐existent. A ‘negative campaign message’ is defined as an explicit critique of the political opponent. Applying this definition to the 2005 Danish election indicates that negative campaigning comprises a very limited aspect of the political campaigning in the course of this election. The opposition tends to employ negative tactics the most in their attempts to establish their political platform. The media provided extensive coverage to the few negative campaign messages, thus presenting a biased sense of the political campaign to the general public. This biased media coverage encourages parties to ‘go negative’ in their respective campaigns in the battle for media attention.

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Section: Negative Campaigningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negative Campaigning in a Multiparty System

Hansen

Pedersen

2008

Scand Pol Stud

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“…In this research the functional theory of political campaign discourse, developed by Benoit and his colleagues (e.g., Benoit, 2007Benoit, , 2014aBenoit, , 2014bBenoit, Blaney, & Pier, 2000), will be applied to analyse the televised presidential debates of the 2012 presidential elections in Finland. Functional Theory makes a series of assumptions and predictions on the utterances performed by candidates in their campaign discourse and has been used to analyse presidential debates in the United States (Benoit, 2014b), among other forms of campaign messages, which include television spots, direct mail advertising and talk show appearances.…”

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A Functional Analysis of the Finnish 2012 Presidential Elections

Paatelainen¹,

Croucher²,

Benoit

2016

Studies in Media and Communication

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This study applied the functional theory of political campaign discourse, developed for political campaigns in the United States to two televised presidential debates in the 2012 presidential elections in Finland. Acclaims were the most preferred statement by the candidates, with agreements being the least preferred. Policy was discussed more than character during the debates. General goals and ideals were used more frequently to acclaim than to attack. Results are generally consistent with the results of previous studies of presidential elections in the US and other countries. However, differences did emerge: the classical functional categories were supplemented by a new category, the role of the moderator as an attacker in the debate is emphasized, the significance of the diminishing role of the Finnish Presidency is of significance, and the fact that one of the two candidates was the first openly homosexual presidential candidate likely influenced the debates and the election.

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“…Similar to Benoit, Blaney, and Pier (2000) and Burgoon, Pfau, and Birk (1995), we opted not to approach the texts in a traditional way, coding independently and running a correlation coefficient on our coding decisions (Neuendorf, 2002). Instead, we analyzed each text independently and then came together to discuss and reach agreement on coding decisions.…”

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Invitations for Partisan Identification: Attempts to Court Latino Voters Through Televised Latino-Oriented Political Advertisements, 1984–2000

Connaughton

Jarvis

2004

Journal of Communication

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By the year 2050, Latinos will represent the dominant ethnic minority in the United States, and researchers are just beginning to examine the campaign messages targeted to this voting bloc. This article employs identification theory to understand the rhetorical approaches used in campaign advertisements designed for these voters. Through a content analysis of campaign spots targeted to Latinos over four presidential elections (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000), we find that the invitations for party identification sent to this group tend to be positive, focus on the Latino (not the candidate), and depict Latinos as an emergent force in American politics. In trying to foster identification from this desirable voting population, it appears that campaign forces encourage Latinos to view themselves, and politics, as valuable and consequential—a marked alternative to most advertising strategies at the close of the 20th century.

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Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending: A Functional Analysis of U.S. Nominating Convention Keynote Speeches

Cited by 53 publications

References 34 publications

Negative Campaigning in a Multiparty System

Negative Campaigning in a Multiparty System

A Functional Analysis of the Finnish 2012 Presidential Elections

Invitations for Partisan Identification: Attempts to Court Latino Voters Through Televised Latino-Oriented Political Advertisements, 1984–2000

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