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In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion) (6th Edition) by Professor John G. Geer, John Gray Geer Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-226-28499-9 / 0226284999 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-28499-6 / 9780226284996 Americans tend to see negative campaign ads as just that: negative. Pundits, journalists, voters, and scholars frequently complain that such ads undermine elections and even democratic government itself. But John G. Geer here takes the opposite stance, arguing that when political candidates attack e |