Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.