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Reporting Elections: Rethinking the Logic of Campaign Coverage
Stephen Cushion,
Richard Thomas 
Swansea University Author:
Richard Thomas
Abstract
This book is a deep empirical analysis of election coverage across a range of media, specifically broadcast news. It considers the varying logics driven by the media, politicians and the public, and looks at the extent to which policy is featured in election reporting. I embraces the differences off...
| ISBN: | 978-1-509-51750-3 978-1-509-51754-1 |
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| Published: |
Cambridge, UK
Polity
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38289 |
| Abstract: |
This book is a deep empirical analysis of election coverage across a range of media, specifically broadcast news. It considers the varying logics driven by the media, politicians and the public, and looks at the extent to which policy is featured in election reporting. I embraces the differences offered by public service broadcasting across a number of different democracies, the delivery of balance and impartiality, and how recent elections have been dominated by an emphasis on personalities and their use of social media. |
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| Keywords: |
Elections, political communications, content analysis, public service broadcasting, impartiality, balance, bias, Trumpification |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |