The 2016 US Presidential Campaign

Section 1. Political Campaign Communication in the 2016 Presidential Campaign

1. Setting the Stage: Three Dimensions of Surfacing for 2016
Craig Allen Smith

2. Midnight in America: The Political Conventions in 2016
Rachel L. Holloway

3. The Presidential Debates 2016
Ben Voth

4. Political Advertising in the 2016 Presidential Election
Scott Dunn, John C. Tedesco

5. The Social Media Election of 2016
John Allen Hendricks, Dan Schill

Section 2. Studies of Communication in the 2016 Presidential Campaign

6. Trump as Troll: Personae and Persuasive Inoculation in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Deronda Baughman, Dennis D. Cali

7. Issues of Gender in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Robert E. Denton

8. The Dark Power of Words: Stratagems of Hate in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Rita Kirk, Stephanie A. Martin

9. From Benghazi to E-Mails: Two Sides of the Same Scandal
David R. Dewberry

Section 3. The 2016 Presidential Election

10. Campaign Finance and Its Impact in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Cayce Myers

11. Explaining the Vote in the Election of 2016: The Remarkable Come from Behind Victory of Republican Candidate Donald Trump
Henry C. Kenski, Kate M. Kenski

Keywords: Popular Science, Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations, US Politics, Political Communication, Electoral Politics, Politics and Gender, Political Leadership