1960 Presidential Debate Analysis: John F. Kennedy Vs. Nixon
Kennedy vs Nixon
1960 Presidential Debate Analysis
by Claudia Guigou
Florida International University
SPC3540
Abstract
In the presidential election of 1960 the candidates were able to be part of the first televised debate in the nation. John F. Kennedy, although quite inexperienced was able to win the election due to his charisma and confidence whilst on TV. He seized the presidential position due to way he executed in a sequence of the broadcasted debates against his Republican adversary, Richard M. Nixon. The Kennedy-Nixon debates stand out as a remarkable moment in the nation’s political history, not only because they impelled an improbable candidate to supremacy, but also because they ushered in a period in which television greatly influenced the electoral procedure. Remembering the nineteenth-century tradition of “front porch” campaigns in which divisions of citizens traveled to a presidential candidate’s home to meet him and inquire about the social issues, CBS News declared that Kennedy’s skill with the advanced method helped to make television the nation’s modern “front porch.”
When contemplating the primacy and recency concepts on persuasion one may think that the second message will be …show more content…
As for the Kennedy-Nixon debates, there hadn’t been anything like them in history. They were the first nationally televised presidential debates, which allured an amount of viewers of an unprecedented size. Just about seventy-seven million Americans watched the first exchange. The four debates were transmitted in September and October and introduced in a presentation that has since grown well known, with commencement and concluding statements proposed by each contender and doubts presented by a console of
1960 Presidential Debate Analysis
by Claudia Guigou
Florida International University
SPC3540
Abstract
In the presidential election of 1960 the candidates were able to be part of the first televised debate in the nation. John F. Kennedy, although quite inexperienced was able to win the election due to his charisma and confidence whilst on TV. He seized the presidential position due to way he executed in a sequence of the broadcasted debates against his Republican adversary, Richard M. Nixon. The Kennedy-Nixon debates stand out as a remarkable moment in the nation’s political history, not only because they impelled an improbable candidate to supremacy, but also because they ushered in a period in which television greatly influenced the electoral procedure. Remembering the nineteenth-century tradition of “front porch” campaigns in which divisions of citizens traveled to a presidential candidate’s home to meet him and inquire about the social issues, CBS News declared that Kennedy’s skill with the advanced method helped to make television the nation’s modern “front porch.”
When contemplating the primacy and recency concepts on persuasion one may think that the second message will be …show more content…
As for the Kennedy-Nixon debates, there hadn’t been anything like them in history. They were the first nationally televised presidential debates, which allured an amount of viewers of an unprecedented size. Just about seventy-seven million Americans watched the first exchange. The four debates were transmitted in September and October and introduced in a presentation that has since grown well known, with commencement and concluding statements proposed by each contender and doubts presented by a console of