Media Matter
How Newspapers and Television News Cover Campaigns and Influence Voters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7971297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James N Druckman (0000-0002-1249-6790, Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 463-481 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584600500311394 |
| OpenAlex | W1986632071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 131 |
| References cited | 44 |
How do different media cover politics and affect voters? Are newspapers a boon and television a bane to democratic functioning? While these questions have long been the subject of debate, a variety of methodological hurdles have hampered prior attempts to document media differences and their effects. In this article, I discuss these challenges and offer an approach for overcoming them to the greatest extent possible. I then combine comprehensive media content analyses with an election day exit poll to assess campaign coverage and its effect on voters. I find that television news and newspapers differ substantially in the quantity of coverage but do not drastically differ in terms of content. More important, I find that newspapers, and not television news, play a significant, although potentially limited, role in informing the electorate
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| Unique citing works | 131 |
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| Citations per year | 6,55 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 130 |