Horse‐race Journalism and pollsters' performance in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12409388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob Shamir (Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-383 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.1986.9962799 |
| OpenAlex | W2069874863 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper examines the interaction between the horse‐race attitude of the press in covering election campaigns and pollsters’ performance in Israel. Attempting to provide highly processed and more exciting reports, the press encourages pollsters to switch from relatively conservative approaches to projecting election results, into more daring ones, prone to situational errors. Moreover, criticizing such errors when they occur, the press focuses mainly on those errors consistent with its horse‐race orientation. Professional and political implications of the press's orientation and pollsters’ performance are discussed
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The Impact of Polling on the Mass Media
Preelection Polls in Israel
Polls as Journalism
Conformity to Aapor Standards in Newspaper Reporting of Public Opinion Polls
Exploring the Liaison Between Polling and the Press
Public Opinion Polls
Horse-Race Journalism
The Public Opinion Research Correspondent
Do They Lie
| Highly cited | No |
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