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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792208903321

Autore

Goldman Seth K

Titolo

The Obama Effect : How the 2008 Campaign Changed White Racial Attitudes / / Seth K. Goldman and Diana C. Mutz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , 2014

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61044-824-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MutzDiana Carole

Disciplina

324.973/0932

Soggetti

Post-racialism - United States

White people - United States - Attitudes

Presidents - United States - Election - 2008

United States Race relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The impact of the Obama campaign on white racial attitudes -- Part I. Documenting change in white racial attitudes during the 2008 campaign -- Is the decline in white racial prejudice meaningful? -- Visions of unity: white perceptions of race relations -- Part II. Explaining change in white racial attitudes during the 2008 campaign -- The role of mass media in changing white racial attitudes -- Testing rival theories of media influence -- Part III. Epilogue: White racial attitudes after the 2008 campaign -- Whatever happened to the Obama exemplar? -- Implications for the study of racial attitudes.