Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy - Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia

Informationen zum Autor SARAH OATES is Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK. LYNDA LEE KAID is Professor of Telecommunication in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, USA. MIKE BERRY is a lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. Klappentext This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspective. It is in these different countries that warnings about terrorism find the most resonance with candidates, journalists and voters alike. Zusammenfassung This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspective. It is in these different countries that warnings about terrorism find the most resonance with candidates, journalists and voters alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Candidate Messages and News Framing in U.S. Elections A New U.S. News Paradigm?: Variation in Election News Coverage Voting with the Heart and Not the Head: The Electorate, Security Fear, and Vote Choice in the United States Candidate Messages and News Framing in British Elections Putting Terrorism in Perspective: The British Electorate and Security Threat Limitless Threat, Limited Choices?: Party Messages and News Framing in the 2003/4 Russian Elections Strong Hands, Not Democracy: The Media Logic of Russian Viewers Conclusions: The Politics of Fear in Comparative Perspective Bibliography

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Introduction Candidate Messages and News Framing in U.S. Elections A New U.S. News Paradigm?: Variation in Election News Coverage Voting with the Heart and Not the Head: The Electorate, Security Fear, and Vote Choice in the United States Candidate Messages and News Framing in British Elections Putting Terrorism in Perspective: The British Electorate and Security Threat Limitless Threat, Limited Choices?: Party Messages and News Framing in the 2003/4 Russian Elections Strong Hands, Not Democracy: The Media Logic of Russian Viewers Conclusions: The Politics of Fear in Comparative Perspective Bibliography

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• Authors: M Berry, M. Berry, Mike Berry, Kaid, L Kaid, L. Kaid, Lynda Lee Kaid, Oates, S Oates, S. Oates, Sarah Oates, Sarah Kaid Oates, OATES SARAH KAID LYNDA LEE BERRY
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2010
• EAN: 9780230613577
• ISBN: 978-0-230-61357-7
• No. of pages: 245
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Internationale Beziehungen, B, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Political Science, Terrorismus, bewaffneter Kampf, Political Philosophy, International Relations, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Terrorism, armed struggle, Terrorism, Political science and theory, Political Violence, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Elections & referenda, elections, Electoral Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen / Wahlrecht