Visiting Professor of Communication John Adams was interviewed for an Associated Press article about the ways in which presidential candidates end their speeches on the campaign trail (11/10/07). In the article, which was published in The Washington Post, The New York Times and Newsweek.com, Adams and other communication experts analyze how the various presidential candidates use their final words to send home a message with the audience. "Candidates often save their most emotional material for the end, after they've established their credibility and followed up with the nuts and bolts of their plans. Usually, speakers will pick up the pace toward the end -- it's like NASCAR rhetoric,' Adams says.
