James E. Combs

Dan D. Nimmo

Robert L. Savage

Hindsight and Foresight in the Post-1984 World

The Orwellian Moment

Concepts, Methods, and Findings

Candidates and Their Images

Nimmo and Combs discuss the key role political analysts play, their methods and strategies, and the potential danger they pose to American democracy--by transforming it into a "punditocracy" which replaces serious citizen debate with discussion guided by show business values. Punditry, Nimmo and Combs argue, produces symbolic rather than effective healing of political ills, political paternalism rather than political reflection, and, in the end, public disenchantment with politics.

The Political Pundits

Robert H. Blank

Janna Merrick

An exploration of the dramatic and comic aspects of American democracy and its institutions and constituencies.

The Comedy of Democracy

Dan D. Nimmo

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