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In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court livestreamed their oral arguments for the first time, an unprecedented shift that allowed access to proceedings in real time to the news media and public, alike.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Supreme Court, Media Coverage and Oral Arguments
Chapter 1: Examining News Media Coverage of Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Chapter 2: Did Livestreamed Arguments Increase Online Print Media Coverage of the Supreme Court Oral Arguments?
Chapter 3: Did Livestreamed Arguments Change How Online Print Media Covered the Court?
Chapter 4: Did Livestreamed Arguments Change the Volume and Content of Broadcast Media Coverage?
Discussion and Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Rachael Houston is assistant professor of political science at Texas Christian University. Her work has been published in the Justice System the Journal and Journal of Supreme Court History, and in a variety of encyclopedias and blogs.
Timothy R. Johnson is Horace T. Morse Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota. He has published several books about the U.S. Supreme Court, including Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court, A Good Quarrel, and Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eve M. Ringsmuth is associate professor of political science at Oklahoma State University where she teaches judicial politics, American political institutions, and civic education. Ringsmuth has co-authored the book, It's Not Personal: Politics and Policy in Lower Court Confirmation Hearings, and her work has been published in journals such as American Politics Research, International Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, and Political Research Quarterly.
