The Audience Decides: Applause-Cheering, Laughter, and Booing during Debates in the Trump Era — How Attention Becomes Political Power
What if a presidential debate does not simply reveal political viability, but participates in creating it?
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Using The Audience Decides: Applause-Cheering, Laughter, and Booing during Debates in the Trump Era by Patrick A. Stewart as our lens, this investigation examines how debate structure, candidate performance, audience reaction, and media amplification interact during presidential campaigns.
Stewart focuses on observable audience response—laughter, applause-cheering, and booing—and its ability to provide…
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