Reporting elections : rethinking the logic of campaign coverage / Stephen Cushion & Richard Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cushion, Stephen, author.

Thomas, Richard (Richard H.), author.

Series:

Contemporary political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Press coverage.

Elections.

Press and politics.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2018.

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? Drawing 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. They focus on the most recent US and UK election campaigns and consider how the logic of election coverage could be rethought in ways that better serve the democratic needs of citizens. Above all, they argue that election reporting should be driven by a public logic, where the agenda of voters takes centre stage in the campaign and the policies of respective political parties receive more airtime and independent scrutiny. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of political communication and journalism studies, political science, and media and communication studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Setting the Campaign Agenda 21

2 Reporting Election Campaigns 47

3 Making Sense of Horserace Reporting 77

4 Regulating Balance and Impartiality 104

5 The Trumpification of Election News 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-212) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781509517503

1509517502

9781509517510

1509517510

OCLC:

990847924