Aristotle on psychology and rhetoric

When Aristotle's Rhetoric is viewed in the light of his psychological treatise, De Anima, it becomes evident that the latter work both illuminates his conception of rhetoric and reveals the psychological assumptions underlying his theory of persuasion.     

Political Journalism

Hillier Krieghbaum's Pressures on the Press (New York: Crowell, 1972—$6.95)

John R. Coyne, Jr. The Impudent Snobs: Agnew vs. the Intellectual Establishment (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972— 8.95)

James Keogh's President Nixon and the Press (New York: Funk & Wagnalls with distribution by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972—$6.95),

Leo Bogart's Silent Politics: Polls and the Awareness of Public Opinion (New York: Wiley/Interscience, 1972—$9.95)

Ray Hiebert, Robert Jones, John Lorenz, and Ernest Lotito (eds.) The Political Image Mergants: Strategies in the New Politics (Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books, 1971—$7.95/4.95)

Delmer D. Dunn's Financing Presidential Campaigns (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1972— $5.95/2.95)     

Popular Music

John Brown's Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans (Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1978— $12.50)

Elizabeth Schlappi's Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy (Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1978—$12.50)

Ray Charles and David Ritz' Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story (New York: Dial Press, 1978 —$9.95)

Nicholas Schaffner's The Beatles Forever (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978—$8.95, paper)

Julie Coryell and Laura Friedman's Jasz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music (New York: Dell Delta Books, 1978—$9.95, paper)     

Film History

Colin Shindler, Hollywood Goes to Wars Films and American Society, 1939-1952 (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979 – $20.00)

Barbara Zheutlin and David Talbot, Creative Differences: Profile of Hollywood Dissidents (Boston: South End Press, 1978– $5.40 paper)

The Adventures of Robin Hood, edited and an introduction by Rudy Behlmer, 235 pages

The Green Pastures, edited and an introduction by Thomas Cripps, 206 pages.

High Sierra, edited and an introduction by Douglas Gomery, 189 pages.

Our Lady Cinema by Harry Furniss (originally London: Bristol, 1914—reprint $16.00)

Jew Suss by Arthur Rawlinson and Dorothy Farnam (originally London: Methuen, 1935–reprint $18.00)

Marcia Blitz, Donald Duck (New York: Harmony Books/Crown, 1979— $12.95)     

Media Policy

FCC: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF RADIO-TV REGULATION by William B. Ray (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1989—$24.95, ISBN 0-8138-0227-X, 214 pp.)

ACTUAL MALICE: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER TIMES v. SULLIVAN by W. Wat Hopkins (New York: Praeger, 1989—$39.95, ISBN 0-275-93246-X, 226 pp.)

CASES AND MATERIALS ON MASS MEDIA LAW by Marc A. Franklin and David A. Anderson (Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1990 price not given, ISBN 0-88277-778-5, 951 pp.)

MASS COMMUNICATION LAW: CASES AND COMMENT by Donald Gill mor, Jerome Barron.Todd Simon and Herbert Terry (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1990 $52.00, ISBN 0-314-56267-2, 947 pp.)

THE COPYRIGHT BOOK: A PRACTICAL GUIDE by William S. Strong (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990 $17.95, ISBN 0-262-19292-6, 249 pp.)

SOCIAL RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATION AND LAW by Jeremy Cohen and Timothy Gleason (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990—$9.95, paper, ISBN 0-8039-3267-7, 140 pp.)     

America,America: National Identity,Presidential Debates,and National Mood

In their public messages, United States politicians often invoke America in an attempt to unite citizens and build electoral coalitions. Such an emphasis is particularly common in presidential debates, which are climactic “media events” late in campaigns for the White House, when candidates take questions from journalists and citizens while addressing millions of voters. We analyzed the connection between (a) candidates' highlighting of national identity in presidential debates and (b) mass public opinion since 1960. We expected and found that (a) candidates increased their emphasis on the nation during times of heightened national uncertainty, (b) Democratic presidential candidates invoked the nation more often than Republican candidates, and (c) comparisons across elections among incumbents suggest that national uncertainty was more important than partisan identity in eliciting invocations of the nation.