The Persuasive Power of Campaign Advertising

Travis N. Ridout, Michael M. Franz

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781439903346
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Persuasive Power of Campaign Advertising offers a comprehensive overview of political advertisements and their changing role in the Internet age. Travis Ridout and Michael Franz examine how these ads function in various kinds of campaigns and how voters are influenced by them.The authors particularly study where ads are placed, asserting that television advertising will still be relevant despite the growth of advertising on the Internet. The authors also explore the recent phenomenon of outrageous ads that "go viral" on the web-which often leads to their replaying as television news stories, generating additional attention.It also features the first analysis of the impact on voters of media coverage of political advertising and shows that televised political advertising continues to have widespread influence on the choices that voters make at the ballot box.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• 1. The Role of Campaign Advertising
• 2. The Problem of Persuasion
• 3. A Brief Primer on Data and Research Design
• 4. How Race Context Matters
• 5. How Negativity and Emotional Appeals in Ads Matter
• 6. How Receivers’ Characteristics Matter
• 7. How Ad Coverage in News Matters
• 8. The Future Study of Ad Effects
• Appendix A: Variable Coding
• Appendix B: Full Model Results from Chapter 4
• Appendix C: Additional Model Results from Chapter 5
• References
• Index