Media Relations and the Modern First Lady

From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump

Buch | Hardcover

340 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-1124-6 (ISBN)

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This book examines the media relations strategies first ladies and their teams have used throughout history to manage press and public interest in their private lives, to promote causes close to their hearts, and to shape their public image. These essays also highlight the important role media relations plays in political communication.

Media Relations and the Modern First Lady: From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump examines the communication strategies first ladies and their teams have used to manage press and public interest in their private lives, to promote causes close to their hearts, and to shape their public image. Starting with Jacqueline Kennedy, who was the first to have a staffer with the title “press secretary,” each chapter explores the relationship between a first lady and the media, the role played by her press secretary and communication staff in cultivating this relationship, and the first lady’s media coverage. Contributors exploring the following questions: How effective were the media relations and communication strategies of this first lady and her team? What worked and what did not? Was the first lady a communication asset to her husband's administration? And what can we learn from their media relations strategies? Along with contributing to the scholarship on presidential spouses, the contributions to this volume also highlight the important role media relations plays in strategic political communication. Scholars of communication, media studies, gender and women’s studies, political science, and public relations will find this book particularly useful.

Lisa M. Burns is professor of media studies at Quinnipiac University.

Introduction: Why Do First Lady Media Relations Matter?
Lisa M. Burns
Chapter 1: History of First Lady Media Relations from Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower
Maurine H. Beasley
Chapter 2: Jacqueline Kennedy and the Challenge of Establishing Modern First Lady Media Relations
Elizabeth J. Natalle
Chapter 3: Lady Bird Johnson and the Press: “She Understood the Language of the Trade”
Nancy Keegan Smith and Diana Bartelli Carlin
Chapter 4: Strength of a Tender Heart: Pat Nixon’s Media Relations
Linda B. Hobgood
Chapter 5: “For all the questions you didn’t ask—I’m grateful”: The Media Relations of Betty Ford
Myra G. Gutin
Chapter 6: Rosalynn Carter, Mary Finch Hoyt, and the Media: The Rise of the Steel Magnolia
Pamela G. Bourland-Davis, Jenni M. Simon, and Abby M. Brooks
Chapter 7: The Boss’s Wife: Exploring Nancy Reagan’s Complicated Role as Homemaker, Protector, and Advocate
Joshua M. Bentley and Russell Mack
Chapter 8: First Lady Barbara Bush and Press Secretary Anna Perez: Lessons from an

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
Co-Autor	Maurine H. Beasley, Joshua M. Bentley, Shaniece B. Bickham, Pamela G. Bourland-Davis
Zusatzinfo	12 b/w photos; 1 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 233 mm
Gewicht	708 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-7936-1124-6 / 1793611246
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-1124-6 / 9781793611246
Zustand	Neuware