The Presidential Image : A History From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump

D'après la 4ème de couv. : "Presidential Image has become an integral part of the campaign, presidency and legacy of Modern American presidents. Across the 20th century to the age of Trump, presidential image has dominated media coverage and public consciousness, winning elections, gaining support for their leadership in office and shaping their reputation in history. Is the creation of the presidential image part of a carefully conceived public relations strategy or result of the president's critics and opponents? Can the way the media interpret a presidents' actions and words alter their image? And how much influence do cultural outputs contribute to the construction of a presidential image? Using ten presidential case studies. this edited collection features contributions from scholars and political journalists from the UK and America, to analyse aspects of Presidential Image that shaped their perceived effectiveness as America's leader, and to explore this complex, controversial, and continuous element of modern presidential politics" Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 Co-editors and Contributors 13 Introduction The Image of the President: An Overview Iwan Morgan and Mark White 16 Chapter 1 Performing the Presidency: The Image of Theodore Roosevelt on Stage Michael Patrick Cullinane 32 Chapter 2 Woodrow Wilson: Professor and Idealist John Thompson 50 Chapter 3 The Roosevelt Image on Trial: FDR, the Radio and the Supreme Court Battle of 1937 Tony McCulloch 70 Chapter 4 Truman: The Everyman Sean J. Savage 90 Chapter 5 The Art of John F. Kennedy Mark White 108 Chapter 6 ‘We Shall Overcome’: Lyndon B. Johnson as the Civil Rights President Dean J. Kotlowski 132 Chapter 7 Nixon in China: Presidential Image in Modern Opera Mara Oliva 152 Chapter 8 Jimmy Carter: The Unravelling of an Image Bob Green 172 Chapter 9 In Black and White: Ronald Reagan’s Image on Race Iwan Morgan 190 Chapter 10 Bill Clinton’s Primary Colours: Making the Image of the Forty-Second President John Dumbrell 208 Chapter 11 Hip Hop and Hope: Managing the Outlier Status of Barack Obama Clodagh Harrington 226 Chapter 12 ‘All Publicity Is Good Publicity’: Donald Trump, Twitter and the Selling of an Outsider in the 2016 Presidential Election Tim Stanley 246 Index 265 D'après la 4ème de couv. : "Presidential Image has become an integral part of the campaign, presidency and legacy of Modern American presidents. Across the 20th century to the age of Trump, presidential image has dominated media coverage and public consciousness, winning elections, gaining support for their leadership in office and shaping their reputation in history. Is the creation of the presidential image part of a carefully conceived public relations strategy or result of the president's critics and opponents? Can the way the media interpret a presidents' actions and words alter their image? And how much influence do cultural outputs contribute to the construction of a presidential image? Using ten presidential case studies. this edited collection features contributions from scholars and political journalists from the UK and America, to analyse aspects of Presidential Image that shaped their perceived effectiveness as America's leader, and to explore this complex, controversial, and continuous element of modern presidential politics" "Presidential Image has become an integral part of the campaign, presidency and legacy of Modern American presidents. Across the 20th century to the age of Trump, presidential image has dominated media coverage and public consciousness, winning elections, gaining support for their leadership in office and shaping their reputation in history. Is the creation of the presidential image part of a carefully conceived public relations strategy or result of the president's critics and opponents? Can the way the media interpret a presidents' actions and words alter their image? And how much influence do cultural outputs contribute to the construction of a presidential image? Using ten presidential case studies. this edited collection features contributions from scholars and political journalists from the UK and America, to analyse aspects of Presidential Image that shaped their perceived effectiveness as America's leader, and to explore this complex, controversial, and continuous element of modern presidential politics."-- Provided by publisher