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This volume explores post-election political communication from the 2020 election day until the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden. Chapters address political branding, partisan argumentation, media coverage, President Trump's January 6 address and his discursive strategy, political advertising and cartoons, and post-election lawsuits.

Studies of Communication in the 2020 Presidential Campaign explores a wide range of communication elements, themes, and topics of the 2020 presidential election. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone study focusing on the role and function of communication within the context of the chapter topics and the 2020 election.

Setting the stage : surfacing 2020 / Craig Allen Smith, Kathy B. Smith -- The 2020 conventions : as productions, a departure; as rhetorical exercises, business as usual / Theodore F. Schekels -- Presidential debates 2020 / Benjamin Voth -- Political advertising in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election / John C. Tedesco -- The social media campaign of 2020 / John Allen Hendricks, Dan Schill -- Media coverage and the practice of journalism in the 2020 presidential campaign / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- Political branding in a digital age : the role of design and image-based messaging strategies in the 2020 presidential campaign / Lisa M. Burns -- The politics of food in the 2020 presidential campaign / Emily J .H. Contois -- Campaign finance and its impact in the 2020 presidential campaign / Cayce Myers -- The 2020 general election vote in a divided American electorate / Kate M. Kenski, Henry C. Kenski.

Introduction : political campaign communication : theory, method and practice and the emergence of a discipline of study / Robert E. Denton, Jr -- The functional theory of political campaign discourse / William L. Benoit -- "What a snob" : the reconciliation of higher education and neoliberalism in the 2012 Republican presidential primary / Luke Winslow and Carly de Anda -- What is happening there? : Norwegian newspaper coverage of the 2016 U.S. presidential election / Michael Nitz -- Intensity of face threats in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 US presidential debates / William O. Dailey, Shelly S. Hinck, Robert S. Hinck, and Edward A. Hinck -- Too early to be funny? : an analysis of late night comedy during the 2016 U.S. presidential primaries / Michael Nitz, Allison Koehn, and Hayley McCarron -- Presidential debate and conflict bias / Joan L. Conners -- Main stream press framing of the RNC and DNC 2016 presidential nomination acceptance speeches : terministic screens and the discovery of the worldview of the press / Jim A. Kuypers -- Making a case for textual criticism : Hillary studies and the state of political campaign scholarship / Melody Lehn -- Barack Obama's response to the "angry black man" race card : a critical analysis of "a more perfect union" / Ronald E. Lee and Aysel Morin -- Kenney and identification in Houston / J. David Trebing -- Political election TV spots / William L. Benoit -- Campaign politics of sight and sound : populist rhetoric in a media maelstrom / John S. Nelson and Anna Lorien Nelson -- The refutational power of ad personam and tu quoque attacks in advancing Trump's "change" counter-narrative during the 2016 general election presidential debates / Kathryn M. Olson -- Acting "presidential" : the modern campaign meets the ubiquitous presidency / Joshua M. Scacco and Kevin M. Coe -- Orchestrating "the show" : the 2016 political party conventions in historical context / Theodore F. Sheckels -- National conventions : evolving functions and forms / Tammy R. Vigil -- Tweeting our differences : comparing candidate communication in mixed-gender and same-gender elections / Lindsey M. Meeks

"This edited collection explores a wide range of communication elements and themes representing a variety of topics and methodologies relating to the 2016 US presidential election. The chapters focus on the role and function of communication across all phases, issues, and messaging in the election campaigns"--

This volume focuses on the 2016 Presidential campaign from a communication perspective, with each chapter considering a specific area of political campaign communication and practice. The first section includes chapters on the early candidate nomination campaigns, the nominating conventions, the debates, political advertising and new media technologies. The second section provides studies of critical topics and issues of the campaign to include chapters on candidate persona, issues of gender, wedge issues and scandal. The final section provides an overview of the election with chapters focusing on explaining the vote and impact of new campaign finance laws and regulations in the 2016 election. All the contributors are accomplished scholars in their areas of analysis. Students, scholars and general readers will find the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historic 2016 presidential campaign.--

Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign explores issues of identity politics and the presidential election. Investigating all aspects of race, gender or ageism, the contributors to this volume address the role and function of 'identity politics' in political campaigns, and highlight challenges of 'identity politics' in contemporary political campaigns

This essay collection examines ethical concerns related to the traditional areas of political communication, including campaigns, media, discourse, and advertising, as well as new technologies, including the internet. In total, the collection provides one of the few volumes to examine political ethics from an academic perspective rather than from a moralistic or rule orientation.||Bruce Gronbeck provides an assessment of presidential campaigns, arguing that ethical judgments of citizens are based on candidates' actions and motives, character, and competence. Ronald Lee explores the ethics of c