Date of Award
1996
Degree Name
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Bert Gross
Second Advisor
Cam Brammer
Third Advisor
William Denman
Abstract
The 1992 presidential election was labeled "The Election of Discontent" by the November 1992 edition of The World and I. Voter participation decreased steadily during the 1980s and the cynicism about politicians was labeled as the primary reason. In an November 7, 1994, Newsweek Poll, sixty-eight percent of Americans polled said they were dissatisfied with the way things were going in their country and more than seventy percent blamed politicians for those problems. Americans seemed not to be interested in casting their vote based on issues but on a growing angry sentiment toward incumbents.
Subject(s)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-1945.
United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Recommended Citation
Wilson-Ward, Cheryl J., "The Contract with America as reported in Time and Newsweek : a cluster-agon analysis" (1996). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 2152.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/2152
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