Life After the White House

Autorentext

CLEMENT E. ASANTE is an independent researcher and consultant specializing in the media, program evaluation, and grant proposal writing./e Currently President of ClemBet Group, a nonprofit agency committed to improving lifestyles of the disadvantaged, he is also founder and Executive Director of African Media Research and Development, an international organization geared toward improving the quality of journalism education and training in Africa.

Klappentext

In 2000, for the first time in American political history, four former presidents were still alive after serving in the White House. This book critically and systematically examines press coverage of these four ex-presidents for three years after they left office. Through content analysis, the volume draws together the tone and major themes in press coverage of stories about Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. Bush. The study serves as a useful historic document, depicting the private lives of these former presidents from both parties as seen through the American press. The book is a unique examination of the relationship between ex-presidents and the press.

Examining the nature and scope of the relationship between the press and ex-presidents, the study assumes that although they are out of office and thus out of the limelight, ex-presidents still have powerful influence domestically and internationally. That influence makes it valuable to know how, and with what intensity, the press covers ex-presidents. This volume documents their post-White House careers through the prism of the press, enriching our understanding of life after the presidency.

Zusammenfassung
An examination of the relationship between the press and four ex-presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush.

Inhalt

Introduction
Press Coverage of Ex-Presidential Stories
Brief Biographies of the Ex-Presidents
Quantitative Results and Discussion
Qualitative Results and Analysis
Further Readings: Selected Annotated Books By and About Four Living Ex-Presidents of the United States
Major Books By and About The Ex-Presidents
Conclusions
Summary and Conclusion
Index