Communication and midterm elections : media, message, and mobilization /
This book offers a comprehensive examination of contemporary US midterm elections through the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the challenges unique to midterm elections. In the United States, midterm elections do not receive...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: THE 2014 ELECTION: ISSUES AND AGENDAS
- 1. Media, Message, And Mobilization: Political Communication In The 2014 Election Campaigns By Dan Schill And John Allen Hendricks
- 2. The Cult(Ure) Of Analytics In 2014 By Jessica Baldwin-Philippi
- 3. The 'Documented Voter': Voter Id Messaging In The 2014 Texas Midterm Election By Joshua M. Scacco, Regina G. Lawrence, And Ori Tenenboim
- 4. Common-Sense Protections Or Government Interference In Private Decisions?: Competing Media Frames In The Battle Over Tennessee's Abortion Amendment By Amy E. Jasperson, Charles Kelley, And Kirby Bennett
- 5. Political Communication And Affective Polarization In The 2014 Midterm Elections For The U.S. Senate: The Cases Of Iowa, North Carolina, And Georgia By Freddie J. Jennings, Roci;o Galarza, And Benjamin R. Warner
- PART II: MEDIA COVERAGE AND EFFECTS OF TELEVISION, NEWSPAPERS, AND LATE-NIGHT COMEDY SHOWS IN 2014
- 6. The 2014 Midterm Elections On Local Television: Frames, Sources And Valence By Daniela V. Dimitrova And Sisi Hu
- 7.Visual Framing Of 2014 U.S. Senate Campaign: Conflict Bias In News Coverage By Joan L. Conners
- 8. The Serious Business Of Late-Night Political Humor: Issue Salience In The 2014 Midterm Elections By Jody C Baumgartner And Jonathan S. Morris
- PART III: TECHNOLOGY IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS
- 9. The Influence Of Twitter Posts On Candidate Credibility: The 2014 Michigan Midterms By Terri L. Towner
- 10. Picturing The Senate Candidates: Image-Building In The Twitterverse By Nicole Smith Dahmen
- 11. Personalization And Gender: 2014 Gubernatorial Candidates On Social Media By Regina G. Lawrence, Shannon Mcgregor, Arielle Cardona, And Rachel Mourao
- PART IV: ADVERTISING IN THE 2014 POLITICAL PROCESS
- 12. Campaign Advertising In Florida's 2014 Gubernatorial Election: Candidate Images, Voter Enthusiasm, And Partisanship By David Lynn Painter And Tom Vizcarrondo
- 13. Midterm Voters: An Investigation Of Information Processing The Heuristic Systematic Processing Model And Of Political Advertisements By Lindsey A. Harvell And Gwen Nisbett
- 14. Blue Governors In Red States And Red Governors In Blue States By Hyun Jung Yun And Jae Hee Park.