A Foreign Correspondent's View of the Electoral Process [microform] / Mary A. Ed. Gardner.

According to their personal points of view regarding United States politics, a panel of foreign correspondents from other nations evaluated the United States electoral process and discussed the difficulties involved in conveying the complexities of this process to an audience. This document contains...

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Main Author: Gardner, Mary A. Ed
Corporate Author: Association for Education in Journalism
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
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Summary:According to their personal points of view regarding United States politics, a panel of foreign correspondents from other nations evaluated the United States electoral process and discussed the difficulties involved in conveying the complexities of this process to an audience. This document contains an edited transcript of the panel's comments. Moderated by Martin Agronsky of Washington, D.C., the panel consisted of correspondents from Japan, England, Russia, and Germany. The following topics were discussed: the realism of press coverage of political issues, the interrelationship of predictions and results in elections, personalities of candidates, Richard Nixon as a product of the electoral system, the effectiveness of political speeches, and a comparison of United States politics with that of the countries represented on the panel. (MAI)
Item Description:Availability: Vernon Keel, Chairman, Department of Journalism, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201 ($2.00).
ERIC Note: Transcript of the plenary session sponsored by the International Communication Division at the Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism in August 1976 at the University of Maryland.
ERIC Document Number: ED155712.
Physical Description:23 pages
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.
Action Note:committed to retain