The Video Campaign:: Network Coverage of the 1988 Primaries

By Lichter, S. Robert Lichter, Robert S. Lichter

An unmissable deep-dive into the chaos of 1988 primaries campaign journalism, where media scholars Robert Lichter, Daniel Amundson, and Richard Noyes apply rigorous content analysis to the network news coverage of Gary Hart, Joe Biden, Bob Dole, Jesse Jackson, George Bush, and Michael Dukakis, revealing how television framed the horse race, candidate character, and campaign bias, an essential read for anyone studying political science, campaign journalism, election analysis, or the scientific study of how democracy gets covered on screen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844736759
• ISBN13: 9780844736754
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"