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Inside the Presidential Speechwriting Process: Using Content Analysis to Study Changes to Speech Drafts

Inside the Presidential Speechwriting Process: Using Content Analysis to Study Changes to Speech Drafts

Ken Collier
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 23
ISSN: 2155-5028|EISSN: 2155-5036|EISBN13: 9781466692848|DOI: 10.4018/IJSSS.2016010103
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Collier, Ken. "Inside the Presidential Speechwriting Process: Using Content Analysis to Study Changes to Speech Drafts." IJSSS vol.5, no.1 2016: pp.35-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2016010103

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Collier, K. (2016). Inside the Presidential Speechwriting Process: Using Content Analysis to Study Changes to Speech Drafts. International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS), 5(1), 35-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2016010103

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Collier, Ken. "Inside the Presidential Speechwriting Process: Using Content Analysis to Study Changes to Speech Drafts," International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) 5, no.1: 35-57. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSS.2016010103

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Abstract

This paper incorporates content analysis of 495 drafts of 70 presidential speeches gathered from the archives of all ten presidencies from Franklin Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush to measure the changes to drafts of presidential speeches as they move through the White House speech drafting and review process. Studying the fluctuations in rhetorical scores demonstrates the degree to which forces within the presidency present different approaches to the rhetorical strategies of the White House. While the fluctuations revealed by content analysis may not tell us precisely about the motives of those within the process, they reveal significant differences in the approach of various staff members and help scholar better understand the inner workings behind the rhetoric of the bully pulpit.

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