Tales Of Two Gubernatorial Transitions: Underlying Scripts For Press Coverage Of Political Events

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  • Robert L. Savage
  • Diane D. Blair

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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1989.10.0.1-15

Abstract

The election of a new chief executive creates a number of needs, especially for information, for all other participants in the political system. Thus, the transition period, as the incumbent makes way for a successor, is a crucial instance of a rhetorical situation.

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1990-01-01

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