In this issue, Dr. Martha Kumar assesses the fundamental importance for a new Administration to establish a relationship with both local and national news organizations to ensure that the President's message is effectively presented to the public.
Several other articles examine this relationship by identifying the different media outlets and their favorability toward the President. Dr. Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Professor Jeffrey Peake look at the ways in which local news outlets differ from the national media in their coverage of an event and the impact this has on community opinion of the President's decisions. Dr. Tim Groeling's article tests the level of partisan bias of ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News and identifies the challenges this can pose for an Administration. Several articles offer recommendations to the incoming President on ways to win favorability with the press. Finally, Mike McCurry's "Memorandum to the President-Elect" calls on the President to pursue finding innovative ways to communicate to the public "the real work of the American President."
Article
The Mixed Legacies of Ronald Reagan - Hugh Heclo
Symposium: The President and the Press
Presidential Press Relations - Martha Joynt Kumar
Who Speaks for the People? The President, the Press, and Public Opinion in the United States - Bartholomew H. Sparrow
George Akerson's Legacy: Continuity and Change in White House Press Operations - Charles E. Walcott, Karen M. Hult
The Presidency and Local Media: Local Newspaper Coverage of President George W. Bush - Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, Jeffrey S. Peake
Who's the Fairest of them All? An Empirical Test for Partisan Bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News - Tim Groeling
Presidential Communication in the Internet Era - Diana Owen, Richard Davis
Conveying Presidential News: The White House Press Corps Covers the President - Martha Joynt Kumar
Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Questioning Presidents - Alexis Simendinger
Memorandum to the President-Elect - Mike McCurry
Features
The Contemporary Presidency: "An Excess of Refinement": Lame Duck Presidents in Constitutional and Historical Context - David A. Crockett
The Law: Presidential Misuse of the Pardon Power - Jeffrey Crouch
Polls and Elections: Editorial Cartoons 2.0: The Effects of Digital Political Satire on Presidential Candidate Evaluations - Jody C. Baumgartner
Book Reviews
The Politics of Economic Leadership: The Causes and Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric by B. Dan Wood - William D. Anderson
The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance by David E. Lewis - Patrick Roberts
Economic Instruments of Security Policy—Influencing Choices of Leaders by Gary M. Shiffman - Dennis S. Edwards
Mandate Politics by Lawrence J. Grossman, David A.M. Peterson, and James A. Stimson - Jon K. Dalager
Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation by Martha Joynt Kumar - Zoe M. Oxley
While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers by William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse - Jeffrey S. Peake
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