Presidential rhetoric's visual turn: Performance fragments and the politics of illusionism

Erickson, Keith V.

doi:10.1080/03637750009376501

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“…Despite evidence to the contrary that later emerged, President Kennedy and his staff managed impressions of himself as a family man with family values by having photographs taken of him with his wife and his children (Lammers, 1982). Erickson (2000) also found that presidents used photos to influence, manipulate, entice, and amaze.…”

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Managing Voter Impressions: The Use of Images on Presidential Candidate Web Sites During the 2000 Campaign

Verser¹,

Wicks²

2006

Journal of Communication

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Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and Clinton mastered of art of using television to manage impressions in the television age. With the advent of the Internet, recent presidential campaigns have begun to recognize the potential of this medium in shaping images and managing impressions among voters. This study focuses on the 2000 presidential election and the images of the presidential candidates appearing on their official campaign Web sites. It also evaluates the visual strategies the candidates used and the overall themes of the images. Each candidate appeared to present campaign photographs in ways that may have been orchestrated to enhance their appeal and reverse negative media portrayals.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Managing Voter Impressions: The Use of Images on Presidential Candidate Web Sites During the 2000 Campaign

Verser¹,

Wicks²

2006

Journal of Communication

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“…Presidential rhetoric's visual turn privileges dominant ideology (Erickson, 2000). One of the many devices, presidential travel, is used to gain favorable attention and popularity by many constituents (Darcy, 1998).…”

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“…Presidential performance fragments are embodied in photo opportunities and have been working for generations to inform a collective understanding of the leader of the free world (Erickson, 2000). This process has become increasingly utilized to manage presidential image.…”

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“…This process has become increasingly utilized to manage presidential image. Erickson (2000) shares that "Images of Nixon toasting Chairman Mao, Ford celebrating the nation's 200th birthday in New York Harbor, and Carter shuttling peace offerings between Israel and Egypt likewise captured the attention of witnesses worldwide" (p.139). This process of image campaigning is increasingly steeped in presidential tradition.…”

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Are you cup of joking? The “latte salute”, American President Barack Obama’s Visual Rhetoric

Gehrisch

2015

JMC

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The "latte salute" as it has been coined is a highly publicized image taken in 2014 made popular by media outlets ranging from big news stations to online social media blogs. Depicting United States President Barack Obama exiting Air Force One, the presidential plane, the "latte salute" entered media channels and quickly became a social media phenomenon. It has been mentioned on television by Sarah Palin, Hannity and Colmes, Bill O'Reilly and Rosie O'Donnell. The incident has been popularized again and again by political cartoonists, activists, and artists.Backlash has ranged from social media outrage to creation of websites petitioning for public support to rise against the President's actions in the photo. This research seeks to address the visual rhetoric of the latte salute photograph. The rhetorical implications of the presidency's visual spectacle deserve elucidation.

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“…Several communication scholars have looked at the visual aspects in areas such as public diplomacy (Kinsey & Zatepilina, 2010;Lord, 2006;Nye, 2004), national imagery (Edwards & Winkler, 2008;James, 2006;Kamalipour, 1999;Kennedy, 2008), ideology (Cloud, 2008;Davis, 2005;Hariman & Lucaites, 2007Michalski & Gow, 2007), political rhetoric (Edwards & Winkler, 2008;Erickson, 2008), and representation of political candidates (Banning & Coleman, 2009). …”

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Meaning of Democracy Around the World: A Thematic and Structural Analysis of Videos Defining Democracy

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Kinsey

2012

Visual Communication Quarterly

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This study examines thematic and structural features of short films submitted to a worldwide video competition to define democracy. A total of 120 videos submitted from around the world are analyzed to identify prominent themes of democracy such as equal participation and diversity as well as audio and visual structural elements. Authors investigate whether and how thematic and structural aspects of videos differ depending upon geographical region and the degree of democratization. Implications of the findings are discussed in the context of procedural and substantive democracy.

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Presidential rhetoric's visual turn: Performance fragments and the politics of illusionism

Cited by 24 publications

References 21 publications

Managing Voter Impressions: The Use of Images on Presidential Candidate Web Sites During the 2000 Campaign

Managing Voter Impressions: The Use of Images on Presidential Candidate Web Sites During the 2000 Campaign

Are you cup of joking? The “latte salute”, American President Barack Obama’s Visual Rhetoric

Meaning of Democracy Around the World: A Thematic and Structural Analysis of Videos Defining Democracy

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