Resilient Reporting - Media Coverage of Irish Elections Since 1969

This timely book examines how election news reporting has changed over the last half-century in Ireland, by analysing reporting in terms of framing, tone, and the distribution of coverage.

List of contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of authors
Acknowledgements
1 Resilient reporting: An introduction
2 Ireland: political, economic, and media systems
3 The media and political change
4 The role of the economy in media coverage
5 Gender bias and Irish election coverage
6 Party leaders and personalisation of politics
7 Commercialism and election coverage
8 Economy and crisis coverage
Conclusion
Appendix 1: An overview of elections in Ireland since 1969
Appendix 2: Data and methodology
References
Index

About the author

Kevin Rafter is head of the department of film and media at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire.

Summary

This timely book examines how election news reporting has changed over the last half-century in Ireland, by analysing reporting in terms of framing, tone, and the distribution of coverage. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Dr Michael Breen, Michael Breen, Michael (Associate Professor At the School Breen, Michael (Associate Professor at the School of Law and Government) Breen, Michael Courtney Breen, Breen Michael, Dr Michael Courtney, Michael Courtney, Michael (Vox-Pol Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Law and Government) Courtney, Courtney Michael, Dr Iain Mcmenamin, Iain Mcmenamin, Iain (Full Professor of Comparative Politics) McMenamin, Dr Eoin O'Malley, Eoin O'Malley, Eoin (Associate Professor in the School of Law and Government) O'Malley, O'Malley Eoin, Kevin Rafter, Kevin (Full of Political Communication and Head of the School of Communications All Based at Dublin City University) Rafter, Kevin (Full Professor of Political Communication and Head of the School of Communications All Based at Dublin City University) Rafter, Kevin Breen Rafter, Rafter Kevin
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781526119971
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1997-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Ireland, Elections & referenda, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Elections and referenda / suffrage