The Nightly News Nightmare
Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2004
- Textbook
The Nightly News Nightmare
Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2004
- Textbook
Description
Beginning with the 1988 presidential election and now updated through 2004, The Nightly News Nightmare shows how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined. Through extensive analysis of news content from the "Big Three" and Fox, acclaimed media scholars Farnsworth and Lichter compare what the candidates said with what the networks say they said and judge the disparity a nightmare. The authors go on to suggest that perhaps the candidates themselves do a better job of portraying the campaigns than those who used to be the trusted network guardians of the news. While making clear that overall coverage of the Bush-Kerry race marked an improvement compared to previous elections, Farnsworth and Lichter also point out that in other ways, things were worse.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 1 U.S. Presidential Elections and Television News: Studying Media Content
Chapter 4 2 A Need-to-Know Basis?: Covering Issues of Substance and the Horse Race
Chapter 5 3 Who Elected You?: Candidates versus Reporters
Chapter 6 4 A Plague on All Your Houses: Negativity, Fairness, and Accuracy
Chapter 7 5 "Nobody Does It Better"?: The Networks versus Other Campaign News Sources
Chapter 8 6 Maybe Next Year?: The Future of Campaign Coverage
Chapter 9 Appendix A: Campaign Information Items Used in the Content Analysis
Chapter 10 Appendix B: Internet Resources on the News Media and Presidential Elections
Chapter 11 References
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Authors
Product details
| Published | 08 Jun 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 258 |
| ISBN | 9781461644965 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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