@article{07ba87f418904e7fb048d387f2c19c8b,
title = "Functions of the great debates: Acclaims, attacks, and defense in the 1960 presidential debates",
abstract = " Provides information on a study which examined the functional theory of campaign discourse to the 1960 Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy debates of the United States.",
author = "Benoit, {W. L.} and Allison Harthcock",
note = "This study applies the functional theory of political campaign rhetoric to investigate the classic 1960 Nixon‐Kennedy debates. All three kinds of utterances appeared in these debates (acclaims were most common at 49%, attacks followed at 39%, and defenses comprised 12% of their themes).",
year = "1999",
language = "American English",
journal = "Communication Monographs",
}