The audience decides : applause-cheering, laughter, and booing during debates in the Trump era / Patrick A. Stewart.

Author/creator Stewart, Patrick A., 1966- author.
Format Book
PublicationLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Description171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents A prologue to impolite politics : are debates obsolete? -- Presidential primary debates from beginning to end -- Evolutionary bases for observable audience response -- Playing the 'Trump card' during the 2016 primary debates -- 2020 vision : looking back at the initial Democratic Party primary debates -- Defining moments during the initial 2016 and 2020 primary debates -- Changing online candidate visibility due to the initial 2016 and 2020 primary debates -- Primary debates are broken : how to fix them (and save representative democracy).
Abstract "American presidential debates have become chaotically performative, threatening to erode representative democracy by impeding thoughtful deliberation over who can best lead. The Audience Decides seeks to better understand the in-person audience and their influence on those observing this political spectacle by considering primal forms of communication: laughter, applause-cheering, and booing"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-165) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Stewart, Patrick A., 1966- Audience decides Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2023 9781666935103
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LCCN 2023018097
ISBN9781666935097
ISBN1666935093
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