Bibliography

Documents

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library (JFKL).

Books

Joseph P. Berry, John F. Kennedy and the Media: The First Television President, Lanham: University Press of America, 1987.

Robert V. Friedenberg, Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns, Praegers Publishers, Weatport 2002.

E. Katz & J.J. Feldman, The Debates in the Light of Research: A Survey of Surveys,  in S. Kraus (Ed.) 1962.

David M. Lubin, Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.

Vito N. Silvestri, Becoming JFK: A Profile in Communication, Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000.

Mary Ann Watson, The Expanding Vista: American Television in the Kennedy Years, Duke University Press Books, 1994.

Articles

J. N. Druckman, The Power of Television Images: The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate Revisited, Journal of Politics, 65, 2003.

D. Herbeck & S. Mehltretter, A Beard and a Pasty Forehead: Collective Memory of the First Kennedy-Nixon Debate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, 2005.

S. Kraus, Winners of the First 1960 Televised Presidential Debate Between Kennedy and Nixon, Journal of Communication, 46, 1996.

M. Schudson, Image: The Kennedy-Nixon Debates, Media Studies Journal, 14, 2000.

Websites

http://nixon.archives.gov/

http://www.jfklibrary.org/

Notes

[1] Mary Ann Watson, The Expanding Vista: American Television in the Kennedy Years, Duke University Press Books, 1994, p. 3.

[2] Mary Ann Watson, cit., p. 4.

[3] Ibidem.

[4] Ibidem.

[5] Ibidem.

[6] Vito N. Silvestri, Becoming JFK: A Profile in Communication, Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000, p. 323.

[7] Ibidem.

[8] Ibidem.

[9] Ibidem.

[10] David M. Lubin, Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.

[11] Ivi, p. 324.

[12] Ibidem.

[13] Mary Ann Watson, cit., p. 3.

[14] Ivi, p. 4.

[15] Person to Person (1953-61) TV Shows, where Murrow chatted informally with a wide array of celebrities every Friday during prime-time. Ibidem.

[16] Mary Ann Watson, cit., p. 5.

[17] Ibidem.

[18] Ibidem.

[19] Ibidem.

[20] Ibidem.

[21] Ibidem.

[22] Ivi, p.15.

[23] Robert V. Friedenberg, Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns, Praegers Publishers, Weatport 2002, p. 49.

[24] Ibidem.

[25] Robert V. Friedenberg, cit, p. 49.

[26] Jack Paar Tonight Show (1957- 62).

[27] Robert V. Friedenberg, cit, p. 49.

[28] Their conversation, which included actress Anne Bancroft and comedienne Peggy Cass, was pleasantly jocular. JFK seemed altogether accessible. Ibidem.

[29] Robert V. Friedenberg, cit, p. 49.

[30] Ibidem.

[31] Ivi, p. 62.

[32] David M. Lubin, cit. p. 28.

[33] He arranged the TV debates between JFK and Nixon.

[34] Ivi, p. 50.

[35] Ibidem.

[36] Ivi, p. 59.

[37] http://nixon.archives.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/dailydiary.php

[38] D. Herbeck & S. Mehltretter, A Beard and a Pasty Forehead: Collective Memory of the First Kennedy-Nixon Debate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, 2005.

[39] Mary Ann Watson, cit. p. 70.

[40] Ivi, p. 60.

[41] Ibidem.

[42] E. Katz & J.J. Feldman, The Debates in the Light of Research: A Survey of Surveys,  in S. Kraus (Ed.) 1962.

[43] J. N. Druckman, The Power of Television Images: The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate Revisited, Journal of Politics, 65, 2003, pp. 559-571.

[44] Joseph P. Berry, John F. Kennedy and the Media: The First Television President, Lanham: University Press of America, 1987, p. 48.

[45] Ibidem.

[46] http://www.jfklibrary.org/

[47] Joseph P. Berry, cit., p.49.