ISBN10: 0313265275, ISBN13: 9780313265273, [publisher: Greenwood Press] Hardcover Ex-library with stamps etc on first pages - front endpaper missing. No damage or markings to text pages and only very light wear to cover. 1991 hardback. The photo is of the actual book you will receive. Fast dispatch, normally within 24 hours, by UK seller.
[Cardiff, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]
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ISBN10: 0313265275, ISBN13: 9780313265273, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. Presidential candidates have criticized the press since the days of Thomas Jefferson, with claims of media bias for one party or another being a recurring campaign complaint. In focusing on the presidential campaigns of 1984 and 1988, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of media bias in two particular elections as well as for presidential campaigns in general. Stempel and Windhauser have collected more data than in any previous study and they have included newspapers, network television news, and news magazines in their evaluation. Their thorough analysis of the content and slant of each itwm provides a clearcut picture of just what the media covered and how the coverage differed when an incumbent was not running. The study is based on news items collected from 23 sources in the three media, covering the Labour Day through Election Day period of both campaigns. Seventeen elite newspapers, including the "New York Times", Wall Street Journal," Washington Post," and "Chicago Tribune," had their election coverage analyzed, as did the three major television networks and the three general news magazines, "Time," "Newsweek," and "U.S. News and World Report."Each news item was classified by which candidate it primarily concerned, whether it was favourable, unfavourable, or neutral, and what ...