Introduction
"Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words shortened and adulterated by a correspondent. This was the television era, not only in campaigning, but in holding the presidency." This quote by Time Magazine Journalist Huge Sidey displays how the media and the position of the presidency are ever changing. This unit will look at how the media has progressively changed the office of the presidency. The unit will first show how the position of the president developed by covering why the colonies wanted to break away from England and the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence. It will then transition to the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the lack of an executive. We will then move on to how the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation shaped the Constitutional Convention and the Framers' ideas of the office of the presidency and the fears they had when writing the United States Constitution. After surveying the origins and history of the presidency this unit will move on to how the use of media has changed the position. This unit will dive into three different historical presidential campaigns and how media in these three elections changed the office.
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