Influence of Polls on Television News Coverage of Presidential - Campaign

Informationen zum Autor Vincent M. Fitzgerald Klappentext This book is a comprehensive content analysis of the use of polls by the three major television network newscasts during presidential general election campaigns from 1968 to 2016. It documents the dramatic increase of polls and the decline in coverage of substantive issues and the candidates’ policy positions over that time. Zusammenfassung This book is a comprehensive content analysis of the use of polls by the three major television network newscasts during presidential general election campaigns from 1968 to 2016. It documents the dramatic increase of polls and the decline in coverage of substantive issues and the candidates’ policy positions over that time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Tables and Figures Preface 1 Polls, Campaigns, and Television 2 The Rise of Polls 3 Campaigns as Sport 4 Being Used by the Polls 5 Polls, Issues, and News Coverage 6 Driving the Campaign Coverage Appendix Bibliography Index About the Author

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vincent M Fitzgerald, Vincent M. Fitzgerald
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498542326
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4232-6
• Seiten: 176
• Serien: Lexington Studies in Political Communication; Lexington Studies in Political; Lexington Studies in Political Communication; Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage