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Does This Constitute a Press Conference?” Defining and Tabulating Modern Presidential Press Conferences

Bibliographic Data

ID7494534
AuthorsMartha Joynt Kumar (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume33
Issue1
Pages221-237
Publication date2003-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePresidential Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0360-4918 • E-ISSN: 1741-5705
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-5705.2003.tb00026.x
OpenAlexW2022424901
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The presidential press conference has demonstrated the way in which both sides have adapted to their own environments. By studying the frequency, format, location, and participants, we can see the ways in which a president responds to reporters’needs for information and the president's own need to present himself and his programs but to do so in an environment where the risk level is manageable. In this article, the author is looking at the variations in the basic elements of the press conference as seen in the modern era conferences of Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. This piece is restricted to looking at the at the classification of press conferences and exploring their variety as expressed in the number of the locations where they are held and the assortment of participants in addition to the president

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