The Media in the 1984 and 1988 Presidential Campaigns

ISBN-13: 9780313265273 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 232 str.

III Guido H. Stempel; John W. Windhauser; Guido Hermann Stempel

Opis

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.