Background
Brennan, Ruth Gonchar was born on February 6, 1944 in New York City. Daughter of Al Gonchar and Esther Kamerman.
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Listening for a President: A Citizen's Campaign Methodology (Praeger Series in Political Communication)
( In their tenth co-authored study, Brennan and Hahn prop...)
In their tenth co-authored study, Brennan and Hahn propose both a new method of biographical study for students of political communication and a new way of evaluating candidates for presidential office. The authors argue that given the biases inherent in the print and broadcast media, the only way to obtain accurate assessment about presidential candidates is to analyze information from the primary sources--the candidates themselves. They show how careful listening and rigorous analysis can enable the reader to extract reliable clues to presidential competence from the speeches, debates, press conferences, and advertising spots of the candidates. Challenging traditional rhetorical criticism in which biography is used to help evaluate speeches, Brennan and Hahn demonstrate that speeches can be effectively used to arrive at reliable evaluations of speakers. In order to establish the need for a new approach, the authors begin with a critique of the major extant methods of political analysis (biography, psychobiography, political biography and rhetorical biography). They then respond to that need by focusing on methods of analyzing information directly from political speeches and other utterances, identifying five major arenas for evaluating candidates: personality orientation, leadership ideal, ideology, epistemology, and axiology. Each of the arenas is divided into theory and application sections, providing the reader with both the methods in practice and an understanding of why they work. The final chapter examines the relationship of the media to political analysis. A comprehensive bibliography completes the work.
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Ruth Gonchar Brennan
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Education
Bachelor, Temple University, 1965. Master of Arts, Temple University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Temple University, 1976.
Career
Instructor speech, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1967-1969; instructor speech, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, New York, 1969-1970; professor speech/communications, Hunter College, New York City, 1970-1977; vice president strategy workshop, Interpub. Group of Companies, New York City, 1977-1980; vice president education and marketing, Katharine Gibbs School, New York City, 1980-1981; director human resources, City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1981-1985; president, Mediax Interactive Superior vena cava syndrome, Bridgeport, 1986-1988; director Executive Master of Business Administration Program, U. New Haven, since 1988.
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{ LISTENING FOR A PRESIDENT: A CITIZEN'S CAMPAIGN METHODOLOGY (WASHINGTON PAPERS (HARDCOVER)) } Brennan, Ruth M Gonchar ( AUTHOR ) Jul-26-1990 Hardcover
(Listening for a President: A Citizen's Campaign Methodolo...)
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Listening for a President: A Citizen's Campaign Methodology (Praeger Series in Political Communication)
( In their tenth co-authored study, Brennan and Hahn prop...)
- Listening for a President: A Citizen's Campaign Methodology (Praeger Series in Political Communication) by Ruth M. Gonchar Brennan (1990-07-26)
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{ LISTENING FOR A PRESIDENT: A CITIZEN'S CAMPAIGN METHODOLOGY (WASHINGTON PAPERS (HARDCOVER)) } Brennan, Ruth M Gonchar ( AUTHOR ) Jul-26-1990 Hardcover
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Married Daniel E. Brennan Junior, November 16, 1973. Children: Danna Julie, Benjamin Tabor.
