Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

by Stromback

• ISBN13: 9780805860368
• ISBN10: 0805860363
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World provides an in-depth analysis of the journalistic coverage of national elections in democracies around the globe. The volume develops a framework for analyzing and comparing the news coverage of elections, providing information about how the news media cover national elections in various democracies, and how that news coverage is related to and affected by system-and culture-specific factors in each country. In addition to focusing on the history, culture, media and political structures, and the importance of, as well as the content of, news coverage of national elections, the volume also provides a comparative overview and analysis of similarities and differences among the countries discussed.

Author Biography

Jesper Strmbck is Professor in Media and Communication and Lubbe Nordstrm Professor and Chair in Journalism at Mid Sweden University. His research specialties include political news coverage, political campaigning, and political marketing. Lynda Lee Kaid is Professor of Telecommunication in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. Her research specialties include political advertising and news coverage of political events. She has also done work on political television in several European countries.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
Series Editor's Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
A Framework for Comparing Election News Coverage Around the World	p. 1
Election News Coverage In Countries With Majoritarian Elections
Media Coverage of U.S. Elections: Persistence of Tradition	p. 21
Trends in Television Network News Coverage of U.S. Elections	p. 41
Media Matter: Election Coverage in Canada	p. 58
Election News Coverage in the U.K	p. 73
Free Journalism under Control: Election Coverage in France	p. 90
Australia: Gladitorial Parties and Volatile Media in a Stable Polity	p. 109
Elections in India; One Billion People and Democracy	p. 124
Election News Coverage In Countries With Proportional Elections
The Netherlands: Media Logic and Floating Voters?	p. 145
Swedish Election News Coverage: Towards Increasing Mediatization	p. 160
Election Coverage in Spain: From Franco's Death to the Atocha Massacre	p. 175
Election News Coverage in Greece: Between Two Logics	p. 192
Campaigns in the Holy Land: The Content and Effects of Election News Coverage in Israel	p. 209
Election News Coverage in Poland	p. 226
Media Coverage of Election News in the Republic of Serbia	p. 246
Democratization and Election News Coverage in Brazil	p. 252
Media and Elections in South Africa: Finding a Foothold on the Democratic Path	p. 273
Election News Coverage In Countries With Combined Systems
Characteristics and Dynamics of Election News Coverage in Germany	p. 289
News Coverage of Elections in the Long Transition of Italian Democracy	p. 308
News Coverage of National Elections in Hungary after 1990	p. 324
Election News Coverage in Bulgaria	p. 341
Election Coverage in the Russian Federation	p. 357
Election Coverage in Mexico: Regulation Meets Crony Capitalism	p. 370
The Media Coverage of Election Campaigns and Its Effects in Japan	p. 385
Election News Coverage In A Comparative Perspective
News Coverage of EU Parliamentary Elections	p. 403
Election News Coverage Around the World: A Comparative Perspective	p. 421
Index	p. 433
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