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Gender and Candidate Communication (Gender Politics, Global Issues Series): VideoStyle, WebStyle, NewStyle  
Author: Dianne G. Bystrom
ISBN: 0415946832
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Gender and Candidate Communication (Gender Politics, Global Issues Series): VideoStyle, WebStyle, NewStyle

SYNOPSIS

A poll as recently as 2000 revealed that a third of the population thinks 'there are general characteristics about women that make them less qualified to serve as president'. As the public and the media rely on long-held stereotypes, female candidates must focus even harder on the way they want to define their own image through traditional mass media, such as television, and new forms, such as the internet. Gender and Candidate Communication digs deep into the campaigns of the last decade sifting through thousands of ads, websites, and newspaper articles to find out how successful candidates have been in breaking down these gender stereotypes. Among their findings are that female candidates dress more formally, smile more, act 'tougher' when they can, and prefer scare tactics to aggressive attack ads.

Gender and Candidate Communication also presents the most comprehensive, systematic method yet for identifying and understanding self-presentation strategies on the web. Th

     



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