The Ideal Candidate Revisited
A Study of the Desired Attributes of the Public and the Media Across Three Presidential Campaigns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith S Trent (University of Cincinnati), Jimmie D Trent (Miami University), Paul A Mongeau (0000-0003-3981-1559, Miami University), Cady Short-Thompson (Northern Kentucky University) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1001-1019 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764297040008005 |
| OpenAlex | W2090649288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 14 |
The view of image as a transaction between all that a candidate says and does and the way in which voters compare that behavior to their personal vision of what a candidate should be inspires at least three questions important to campaign communication. First, although the ability or power of the media to affect the success or failure of political campaigns and candidates is popularly believed and has been documented by researchers, do the views of individual members of the media regarding the ideal qualities required of president candidates differ significantly from those of voters? Second, do the characteristics or criteria of the "ideal candidate" ascribed by the media and/or the electorate vary from election to election? And finally, do the evaluative dimensions of "idealness" differ by party affiliation, age, or gender? The answers to these questions were determined from the results of a survey of 388 professional journalists covering and 734 citizens attending rallies in New Hampshire during the presidential primaries of 1988, 1992, and 1996
Affect (linguistics · Database transaction · Ideal (ethics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |