Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns

Unit 6

The Advent of Television

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1952 1952 Election Handout 1952 Document #1 Nixon "Checkers" Speech Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1952 Document #2 Nixon Postcard Teacher's Guide 1952 Document #3 "Eisenhower Answers America" TV Commercial Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1952 Document #4 "Vote Stevenson" TV Commercial Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1952 Document #5 Stevenson Photo and Buttons from '56 Teacher's Guide

1956 1956 Election Handout 1956 Document #1 Republican Comic Book Teacher's Guide 1956 Document #2 Democratic Convention Program Cover Teacher's Guide

1960 1960 Election Handout 1960 Document #1a Nixon-Kennedy Debate Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1960 Document #1b Reaction Shots-No Audio Video Clip 1960 Document #2 Kennedy Address to Ministerial Conference Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1960 Document #3 Race Against Communism Broadside Teacher's Guide

1964 1964 Election Handout 1964 Document #1 Goldwater "We Will Bury You" TV Commercial Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1964 Document #2 Johnson "Daisy Girl" TV Commericial Teacher's Guide Video Clip 1964 Document #3 Campaign Button Collage Teacher's Guide 1964 Document #4 MFDP Televised Testimony Teacher's Guide Video Clip