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Political communication in Britain : the leader debates, the campaign and the media in the 2010 general election
Title
Political communication in Britain : the leader debates, the campaign and the media in the 2010 general election / edited by Dominic Wring, Roger Mortimore [and] Simon Atkinson.
ISBN
9780230301467 (pbk.)
0230301460 (pbk.)
9780230301450
0230301452
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description
xv, 349 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary
"The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note:
Introduction; D.Wring
PART I: DEBATES
What Took So Long? The late arrival of TV election debates in the UK; R.Bailey
The Leaders' Debates: How 270 Minutes of Television Challenged the Position of the Press; A.Boulton& T.Roberts
A Framing Content Analysis of Media Coverage of the Debates; S.Coleman, F.Steibel& J.G.Blumler
PART II: POLLING
Polling Voting Intentions; P.Kellner& J.Twyman
The Accuracy of the Polls: Were they Wrong about the LibDems All Along?; S.Atkinson& R.Mortimore
The Polls, the Media and Voters: the Leader's Debates; A.Hawkins
PART III: VOTERS
The UK Expense Scandal and Political Trust; J.van Heerde-Hudson
Public Confidence in Elections; J.Watson
How Voters in the Marginals Experienced the Campaign; R.Mortimore, H.Coombs& T.Mludzinski
PART IV: PARTIES
The Conservative Campaign; K.Culwick& A.Wilson
The Labour Campaign; N.Cook
The Liberal Democrat Campaign; Lord C.Rennard
PART V: CAMPAIGNING
Election Campaigning Transformed; I.Gaber
Constituency Campaigning in 2010; J.Fisher, D.Cutts& E.Fieldhouse
Below the Radar? Online campaigning at the Local Level; R.Southern& S.Ward
The Visual Election: Online and Off; C.Burgess
PART VI: MEDIA
So What Was That All About? Mainstream Mediation of the Campaign; D.Deacon, D.Wring, J.Stanyer& P.Golding
Genre and the Mediation of Election Politics; K.Richardson, K.Parry& J.Corner
Conclusion; R.Mortimore& S.Atkinson.
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