Resilient reporting : media coverage of Irish elections since 1969 / Michael Breen [ and four other].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breen, Michael, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Press coverage--Ireland.

Elections.

Press and politics--Ireland.

Press and politics.

Communication in politics--Ireland.

Communication in politics.

Elections--Press coverage.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

x, 176 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book examines how election news reporting has changed over the last half century in Ireland by means of a unique dataset involving 25m words from newspapers as well as radio and television coverage. The authors examine reporting in terms of framing, tone, and the distribution of coverage. They also focus on how the economy has affected election coverage as well as media reporting of leaders and personalities, gender and the effect of the commercial basis of media outlets. The finding - drawn from a machine learning computer system involving a huge content analysis study - will interest academics as well as politicians and policy makers internationally. --

Contents:

1 Resilient reporting: An introduction p. 1

2 Ireland: political, economic, and media systems p. 11

3 The media and political change p. 31

4 The role of the economy in media coverage p. 59

5 Gender bias and Irish election coverage p. 76

6 Party leaders and personalisation of politics p. 94

7 Commercialism and election coverage p. 113

8 Economy and crisis coverage p. 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1526119978

9781526119971

OCLC:

1039326921