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

Keith V. Erickson Professor of Speech Communication, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406–5131
Pages 138-157 | Received 07 Oct 1990, Accepted 14 Mar 2000, Published online: 02 Jun 2009

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Brent J. Hale & Maria Elizabeth Grabe. (2018) Visual War: A Content Analysis of Clinton and Trump Subreddits During the 2016 Campaign. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 95:2, pages 449-470.
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Cara A. Finnegan & Anita J. Mixon. (2014) Art Controversy in the O bama W hite H ouse: Performing Tensions of Race in the Visual Politics of the Presidency . Presidential Studies Quarterly 44:2, pages 244-266.
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