The Kennedy Nixon Debates

Download or read book TV Shapes Presidential Politics in the Kennedy-Nixon Debates written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debates to life. TV was new in those days, and these were both the first debates ever held between two presidential candidates and the first to be televised. About 60 million people tuned into the first debate, or more than 1/4 of the country's population. Readers will learn just how much effect seeing the debates had on the results of the election and how they changed presidential campaigning forevermore. Readers will understand the significance behind this event through text and clips of the event itself via the Capstone 4D augmented reality app.