“…Specifically, the theory was originally developed in a “bottom‐up” manner on the basis of observations of American presidential campaigns from the 1960s to the present. This body of work includes analyses of political discourse conveyed through various mediums, such as keynote speeches (e.g., Benoit et al, 2000), news releases (e.g., Cho & Benoit, 2005), televised interactions (e.g., Benoit & Compton, 2014), debates (e.g., Rill & Benoit, 2013), and direct mail advertisements (e.g., Benoit, 2017). The theory is also supported by analyses of political elections in numerous countries outside the United States, namely Australia (Benoit & Benoit‐Bryan, 2014), Finland (Paatelainen, Croucher, & Benoit, 2016), Germany (Maier & Jansen, 2017), Israel (Benoit & Sheafer, 2006), Romania (Drăgan, 2016), Slovakia (Hrbková & Zagrapan, 2014), South Korea (Choi, Lee, & Lee, 2004), Taiwan (Benoit, Wen, & Yu, 2007), Ukraine (Benoit & Klyukovski, 2006), and the United Kingdom (Benoit & Benoit‐Bryan, 2013).…”