Introduction: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age
p. 1
Follow the Bouncing Ball: Assessing Convention Bumps, 1964-2004
p. 16
Conventions and Campaign Dynamics
p. 29
Party Profiles: National Convention Delegates
p. 53
The Utility of Party Conventions in an Era of Low Visibility and Campaign Finance Reform
p. 76
Nominating Conventions, Campaign Events, and Political Information
p. 92
Conventions for the Unconventional: Minor Party Conventions, 1992-2004
p. 98
Lights, Camera, Chaos? The Evolution of Convention "Crises"
p. 113
Rewiring the Conventions (Again): The Internet and Innovation in Politics and Media
p. 133
Losing Control? The Rise of Cable News and Its Effect on Party Convention Coverage
p. 147
Mass Media and the Democratization of Presidential Nominating Conventions
p. 165
The New Role of the Conventions as Political Rituals
p. 189
Contributors
p. 209
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