Why Presidential Speech Locations Matter
Analyzing Speechmaking from Truman to Obama
Authors: O'Brien, Shannon Bow
Free Preview- Analyzes data on White House communication strategies over 70 years from Truman to Obama through the lens of geographic speech locations
- Shows how presidents make choices about where to go, how those choices change across time and context, and the impact of those choices upon their presidency
- Shows how some presidents like Nixon spent about half his presidency at vacation locations while Obama barely spent any time at all
- Appeals to scholars and students of Political Science, Communication, History, and American Studies
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- About this book
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This book explores speeches by American presidents. Domestic public presidential speechmaking helps us understand the pressures, priorities, and targeted audiences of different presidencies. Many administrations generally work to reinforce already existing support though some may try to reach out to new areas. Census areas help us better understand where presidents prioritize speeches in certain areas of the country. Designated Market Areas, or media markets, allow us to look at presidential speechmaking without geographical constraints and focus on areas of population concentrations. Electoral College results show that most administrations prefer to give speeches in places where they have the most electoral support to reinforce their bases. The chapter on vacation locations explores how some presidents use Camp David or their homes as places to actively speak, while some administrations just use them as retreats. Foreign speeches allow us to see that most presidents prefer to speak in openly free countries more than other places.
- About the authors
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Shannon Bow O'Brien is a Lecturer in the Government Department at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- Reviews
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“The innovative perspective and the in-depth analysis of speech locations make the book a useful resource for researchers and specialists in politics, rhetoric, critical discourse analysis, and media studies.” (Liangping Wu and Xinhua Yuan, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 19 (3), 2020)
“The information presented in this book will be a valuable resource for presidential scholars. O’Brien has gathered data that will ease the path of scholars continuing this research.” (Karen S. Hoffman, Congress & the Presidency, Vol. 46 (2), 2019)
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Overview
Pages 1-33
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Growth in Speechmaking
Pages 35-50
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Census Regions
Pages 51-72
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Media Markets
Pages 73-101
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Electoral College Results
Pages 103-143
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Why Presidential Speech Locations Matter
- Book Subtitle
- Analyzing Speechmaking from Truman to Obama
- Authors
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- Shannon Bow O'Brien
- Series Title
- The Evolving American Presidency
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-78136-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-78136-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-78135-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-08622-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 208
- Topics
