Presidential Communication Timeline by Payton

George Washington

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-10 14:59:55 UTC

-George Washington communicated mainly by giving speeches and writing letters to others. His speeches were published in newspapers and he was very popular with Americans, so they all valued what he had to say.

-Washington was the first US president.

Abraham Lincoln

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-10 15:07:40 UTC

-The telegraph was invented when Abe Lincoln was president. It allowed him to conveniently communicate with troops and send information quickly to colleagues.

-This is different from the previous president because Washington didn't have access to convenient technology and it could take days for him to send important messages.

William McKinley

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-10 15:18:11 UTC

-McKinley was the first president to campaign using video ads on television. He also never traveled to see others due to his sick wife, so they had to come to him for meetings.

-His methods were different than Lincoln's because video advertising was not around in his time.

Teddy Roosevelt

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-10 15:23:46 UTC

-Roosevelt was a clever man who came up with fun slogans to help his campaign. His catchy phrases were very popular in newspapers, political cartoons, and other media.

-These are different from anything McKinley did because he didn't have any popular slogans that people remembered him by.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-10 18:03:02 UTC

-Roosevelt communicated to Americans on live radio, with what he called, Fireside Chats. Citizens loved the addresses he would give over the radio because they were very casual, so it felt like he was having a normal conversation with them.

-This is different than Teddy because he never gave radio announcements.

John F. Kennedy

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-11 04:49:49 UTC

-JFK used television to give addresses, advertise, air debates, etc.

-He is different from FDR because he was the first president directly speak to citizens on TV

Bill Clinton

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-11 04:52:12 UTC

-Clinton was the first president to send emails to communicate

-This makes him different from JFK because emails were not available in his presidency

Barack Obama

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-11 04:55:29 UTC

-Obama was around when twitter was invented, but he did not use it much, however, he was able to make use of social media, TV speeches, radio, emails, and more.

-This is different than Clinton because he didn't get the chance to use all of the newest technology combined

Donald Trump

paytonbaker09_ — 2023-11-11 04:58:57 UTC

Trump had access to the same tech as Obama, but he strongly used twitter. His posts were sometimes funny, offensive, important, or blatantly stupid. He eventually became banned due to controversy

This is different from Obama because Obama didn't use twitter or cause issues online.