Columns to characters: the presidency and the press enter the digital age

Foreword / Peter Baker

On Trump

Introduction

Part one. Presidents, the press, and the times that have made them. The mediums that matter : presidential press relationships and how chief executives respond to shifting technological tides / Martha Joynt Kumar

Revisiting narcotizing dysfunction : new media, interactivity, and rapid response in presidential communication / Rita Kirk

Reality check : ch-ch-ch-changes? / David Demarest

Part two. Presidents, people, and the art of expression. The press and the presidency in contrast : a language analysis / Roderick P. Hart

Speaking of the economy : transformational presidents, new media strategies, and the necessity of a universal audience / Stephanie A. Martin

Reality check : dinosaurs, dimes, and the digital age / Thomas DeFrank

Part three. Information and its discontents. Technological transformations and timeless truths : the press and the presidency in a social media age / Stephen A. Smith

Keeping it classified? : Reportorial privilege and presidential stonewalling in a time of terror / Tony Pederson

Reality check : the legacy press

nobody does it better / Robert W. Mong

Part four. Everything old is new again. Organizing for (in)action : the Obama Presidency and the vanishing hope of an online vanguard / George C. Edwards III

Ignoring the president : Barack Obama and the postrhetorical presidency / Jennifer R. Mercieca

Reality check : Mr. President, we have a few questions / Stacia Deshishku

Afterword / Jon Meacham.