Reporting elections : rethinking the logic of campaign coverage / Stephen Cushion & Richard Thomas.
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TextSeries: Contemporary political communicationPublisher: Cambridge : Polity, 2018Description: x, 222 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509517510 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Elections -- Press coverage | Press and politics | Journalism -- Political aspects | Media Studies | Media StudiesDDC classification: 070.4'49324 Summary: How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship. But, how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens? Based on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date, Cushion and Thomas examine how campaigns are reported in many advanced Western democracies. In doing so, they engage with debates about the mediatisation of politics, media systems, information environments, media ownership, regulation, political news, horserace journalism, objectivity, impartiality, agenda-setting, and the relationship between media and democracy more generally.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship. But, how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens? Based on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date, Cushion and Thomas examine how campaigns are reported in many advanced Western democracies. In doing so, they engage with debates about the mediatisation of politics, media systems, information environments, media ownership, regulation, political news, horserace journalism, objectivity, impartiality, agenda-setting, and the relationship between media and democracy more generally.
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