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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793020603321

Autore

Jarvis Sharon E. <1969->

Titolo

Votes that count and voters who don't : how journalists sideline electoral participation (without even knowing it) / / Sharon E. Jarvis and Soo-Hye Han

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-271-08288-7

0-271-08290-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Rhetoric and democratic deliberation

Disciplina

324.973

Soggetti

Voting - United States - History

Voting research - United States

Journalism - Political aspects - United States

History

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : journalists and voters -- Portraying the voter -- Discounting the voter -- Positioning the voter -- Influencing the voter -- Struggling with the voter -- Spinning for the voter.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines how journalists have portrayed electoral participation in the United States. The authors analyze depictions of voters in print news coverage over the course of eighteen presidential elections (1948-2016), describe people's reactions to those depictions, and share insights from their interviews with more than fifty elite journalists"--Provided by publisher.