Preliminary Bibliography

 Instigators: Bibliography

Primary sources:

Commission on Presidential Debates (1960,1992,2012): http://www.debates.org/

2012 Debate Transcripts:

1      October-3-2012-debate-transcript

2      October-11-2012-the-biden-romney-vice-presidential-debate

3      October-1-2012-the-second-obama-romney-presidential-debate

4      Last Presidential-debate-full-transcript

Research on Presidential debates:

• Peoplepress.org /2008/11/13/ section-1 report card on the campaign
• Huffingtonpost.com /2012/10/23/ presidential debate polls
• Gallup.com polling research Romney vs.Obama historic debate
• Gallup video – election matters: why debates make a difference
• Gallup Poll Video: Romney debate bounce short lived
• Pew research center: Link
• PBS  “debating our destiny” transcripts (1992): pbs.org link
• AP Images, 1992 debates, Baruch Library database
• Gallup (news, analysis, politics:  Gallup.com link
• Online Museum tv debates: Museum tv debate transcript (1960 first debate)

Newspapers:

• New York Times September-26-1960 first televised presidential debate.
• Huffington Post :“Bill Clinton Won 1992 Town Hall Debate By Engaging With One Voter”10/16/2012.

Youtube Clips and Audio

     1960:

1. First Debate – Nixon v. Kennedy (video) : debate link
2.   Second Debate – Nixon v. Kennedy (video): [Part one link; Part two link;  Part three link; Part four link.
3.   Third Debate – Nixon v. Kennedy (video): [ Part one link; Part two link;Part three link; Part four link.
4.   Fourth Debate – Nixon v. Kennedy (audio) : [ Part one link;Part two link; Part three link ;Part four link.

•  JFK Youtube Channel :  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56D4F0CEC7279B40&feature=plcp
• Rare photos of JFK campaign trail: Link
• transcript of 4th debate :Transcript link

Secondary Sources:

• Boston globe (graph) (2011): Boston Globe graph link
• Scientific Journal (1992 debates): Scientificjournals.org journal 2007 articles
• “The Election of 1992”  Pomper, book, pages 93-96
• JSTOR: Social Influence on Political Judgments: The case of presidential debates, (Fein, Goethals, Kugler)  (pages 166-171).
• Miller center- Virginia- campaign bio: President kennedy essays biography link
• Did the 1960 Presidential Debates Really Matter?: Articles link

Media Myth Surrounding the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates & the Boston Globe : Angelia Levy /2010/05/09/ media myth surrounding the 1960 Presidential debates