The Nightly News Nightmare: Media Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2008

The Nightly News Nightmare: Media Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2008
ISBN-10
1442200693
ISBN-13
9781442200692
Series
The Nightly News Nightmare
Category
Social Science
Pages
246
Language
English
Published
2010-09-16
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Authors
Stephen J. Farnsworth, Robert S. Lichter

Description

The Nightly News Nightmare, Third Edition, examines news coverage of presidential nomination and election campaigns from 1988 to 2008. Farnsworth and Lichter find that the news media, despite the wide variety of outlets, have consistent problems in terms of fairness and focus on substantive matters rather than the horse-race reporting of the latest polls. In addition to the extensive discussion of the 2008 campaign, the third edition offers far more discussion and evidence regarding the use of alternative media, including online content, in the most recent presidential election. The authors conclude that online news had many of the same problems found in mainstream news coverage.

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