Dean Alger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dean Alger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dean |
| FAMILY NAME | Alger |
| SIGNATURE | ALGER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What's Good for the Goose is Bad for the Gander: Negative Political Advertising, Partisanship, and Turnout
This study examines citizens' perceptions of fairness and legitimacy in political advertising. Using focus groups, an original national survey, and data on election 2000, as well as drawing on results from a replication of the national survey in 2004, we characterize political ads from the citizen's perspective. We then turn to the impact of "negative" advertising on voter turnout. Like several studies, we find circumstances under which turnout c…
Local News and Perceptions of the Rhetoric of Political Advertising
As viewer numbers of national news have declined, local news has grown in importance as a source of political information. Yet prominent research into its effects concludes that its impact on political attitudes and behavior is minor. We theorize and demonstrate that the influence of local news may be indirect and subtle but nevertheless important. Using multiple methods, we show a clear relationship between perceptions of campaign rhetoric and w…
Local News Coverage in a Social Capital Capital: Election 2000 on Minnesota's Local News Stations
This article examines local news coverage of an election in one of the nation's "social capital capitals," Minnesota. In Minnesota, according to theorized connections between civic involvement and news media use, we might expect the orientation of local news to be local and the quality of coverage of local campaigns to be high. Content analysis of all evening newscasts on all four non-cable channels in the Minneapolis market (the 13th largest tel…
Megamedia, the State of Journalism, and Democracy
Ad buys in presidential campaigns: The strategies of electoral appeal
Two approaches have dominated the study of political advertising: those based on public opinion surveys and those derived from experiments. In this paper, we propose a third perspective based on ad buys—the campaign decisions on when, where, and how often to broadcast particular ads. Using national ad buy data for Bush, Clinton, and Perot in 1992 as well as local ad buy data in four communities around the country, we find major differences in how…
Schizophrenia: The Media and the Incumbent Reelection Issue (And a Political Scientist's View from the Inside of the Minnesota-Senate Election)
The results of the 1990 elections looked rather like late night TV reruns—it felt like we had seen this show before. In a sense, we had. Once again, over 90% of House incumbents running for reelection were successful. In the Senate, only one incumbent was defeated for reelection (which unique race in Minnesota the author had the good fortune—and, he would like to think, the excellent foresight—to be involved with in a central way). And once again…
Television Perceptions of Reality and the Presidential Election of '84
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What's Good for the Goose is Bad for the Gander: Negative Political Advertising, Partisanship, and Turnout
This study examines citizens' perceptions of fairness and legitimacy in political advertising. Using focus groups, an original national survey, and data on election 2000, as well as drawing on results from a replication of the national survey in 2004, we characterize political ads from the citizen's perspective. We then turn to the impact of "negative" advertising on voter turnout. Like several studies, we find circumstances under which turnout c…
Ad buys in presidential campaigns: The strategies of electoral appeal
Two approaches have dominated the study of political advertising: those based on public opinion surveys and those derived from experiments. In this paper, we propose a third perspective based on ad buys—the campaign decisions on when, where, and how often to broadcast particular ads. Using national ad buy data for Bush, Clinton, and Perot in 1992 as well as local ad buy data in four communities around the country, we find major differences in how…
Local News Coverage in a Social Capital Capital: Election 2000 on Minnesota's Local News Stations
This article examines local news coverage of an election in one of the nation's "social capital capitals," Minnesota. In Minnesota, according to theorized connections between civic involvement and news media use, we might expect the orientation of local news to be local and the quality of coverage of local campaigns to be high. Content analysis of all evening newscasts on all four non-cable channels in the Minneapolis market (the 13th largest tel…
Local News and Perceptions of the Rhetoric of Political Advertising
As viewer numbers of national news have declined, local news has grown in importance as a source of political information. Yet prominent research into its effects concludes that its impact on political attitudes and behavior is minor. We theorize and demonstrate that the influence of local news may be indirect and subtle but nevertheless important. Using multiple methods, we show a clear relationship between perceptions of campaign rhetoric and w…
Megamedia, the State of Journalism, and Democracy
Television Perceptions of Reality and the Presidential Election of '84
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Schizophrenia: The Media and the Incumbent Reelection Issue (And a Political Scientist's View from the Inside of the Minnesota-Senate Election)
The results of the 1990 elections looked rather like late night TV reruns—it felt like we had seen this show before. In a sense, we had. Once again, over 90% of House incumbents running for reelection were successful. In the Senate, only one incumbent was defeated for reelection (which unique race in Minnesota the author had the good fortune—and, he would like to think, the excellent foresight—to be involved with in a central way). And once again…
Ad buys in presidential campaigns: The strategies of electoral appeal
Two approaches have dominated the study of political advertising: those based on public opinion surveys and those derived from experiments. In this paper, we propose a third perspective based on ad buys—the campaign decisions on when, where, and how often to broadcast particular ads. Using national ad buy data for Bush, Clinton, and Perot in 1992 as well as local ad buy data in four communities around the country, we find major differences in how…
Megamedia, the State of Journalism, and Democracy
Local News Coverage in a Social Capital Capital: Election 2000 on Minnesota's Local News Stations
This article examines local news coverage of an election in one of the nation's "social capital capitals," Minnesota. In Minnesota, according to theorized connections between civic involvement and news media use, we might expect the orientation of local news to be local and the quality of coverage of local campaigns to be high. Content analysis of all evening newscasts on all four non-cable channels in the Minneapolis market (the 13th largest tel…
Local News and Perceptions of the Rhetoric of Political Advertising
As viewer numbers of national news have declined, local news has grown in importance as a source of political information. Yet prominent research into its effects concludes that its impact on political attitudes and behavior is minor. We theorize and demonstrate that the influence of local news may be indirect and subtle but nevertheless important. Using multiple methods, we show a clear relationship between perceptions of campaign rhetoric and w…
What's Good for the Goose is Bad for the Gander: Negative Political Advertising, Partisanship, and Turnout
This study examines citizens' perceptions of fairness and legitimacy in political advertising. Using focus groups, an original national survey, and data on election 2000, as well as drawing on results from a replication of the national survey in 2004, we characterize political ads from the citizen's perspective. We then turn to the impact of "negative" advertising on voter turnout. Like several studies, we find circumstances under which turnout c…
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