Reporting Elections

Rethinking the Logic of Campaign Coverage
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5095-1750-3
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: CPC - Contemporary Political Communication

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?eBased 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 mediatization 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.Focusing on the most recent US and UK election campaigns, they 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.The book is essential reading for scholars and students in political communication and journalism studies, political science, media and communication studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cushion, Stephen

Thomas, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction: Studying Elections
- Chapter One: Setting the Campaign Agenda
- Chapter Two: Reporting Election Campaigns
- Chapter Three: Making Sense of Horserace Reporting
- Chapter Four: Regulating Balance and Impartiality
- Chapter Five: The Trumpification of Election News
- Conclusion: Rethinking Election Reporting
- References
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Cushion is Reader at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.

Richard Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Swansea University.