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Shannon Custer McAleenan
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Contributor to SAGE Publication's Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008) whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)
C-SPAN: control room
C-SPAN, nonprofit network that, when launched in 1979, was initially devoted to televising sessions of the U.S. House of Representatives but later expanded, with the creation of additional channels, to air coverage of the U.S. Senate and other government proceedings and public affairs programming.…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Political Communication
Encyclopedia of Political Communication (December 2007)
The Encyclopedia of Political Communication discusses the major theoretical approaches to the field, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations. With nearly 600 entries, this resource pays considerable attention to important political messages such as political speeches, televised political advertising, political posters and print advertising, televised political debates,...
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