Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t How Journalists Sideline Electoral Participation (Without Even Knowing It)

Examines how journalists have portrayed electoral participation in the United States. The authors analyze depictions of voters in print news coverage over the course of eighteen presidential elections (1948-2016), describe people's reactions to those depictions, and share insights from their interviews with more than fifty elite journalists.

About the author

Edward Jarvis is Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is the author of Sede Vacante: The Life and Legacy of Archbishop Thục and Carlos Duarte Costa: Testament of a Socialist Bishop.

Summary

Examines how journalists have portrayed electoral participation in the United States. The authors analyze depictions of voters in print news coverage over the course of eighteen presidential elections (1948–2016), describe people's reactions to those depictions, and share insights from their interviews with more than fifty elite journalists.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon E. Jarvis, Soo-Hye Han, Sharon E. (University of Texas at Austin) Jarvis, Soo-Hye (Kansas State University) Han, Jarvis Sharon E.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.08.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science
• EAN: 9780271081267
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08126-7
• Illustrations: Schaubilder
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm
• Weight (packing): 318 g
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation; Rhetoric and Democratic Delibe > 17; Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
• Subjects: Experiment, USA, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Medien-, Unterhaltungs-, Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie, Media Studies, Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, 21st Century, Press & journalism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, News media and journalism, Elections & referenda, elections, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Elections and referenda / suffrage, journalists, Voting, Electoral participation, presidential elections, Print News, focus groups, voters;voting;electoral participation;news coverage;presidential elections;elections;print news;journalists;longitudinal content analysis;experiment;focus groups;elite interviews with journalists, news coverage, longitudinal content analysis, elite interviews with journalists