Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t: How Journalists Sideline Electoral Participation (Without Even Knowing It) - Couverture souple

Jarvis, Sharon E.; Han, Soo-Hye

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271081260 ISBN 13 : 9780271081267

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018

Synopsis

For decades, journalists have called the winners of U.S. presidential elections--often in error--well before the closing of the polls. In Votes That Count and Voters Who Don't, Sharon E. Jarvis and Soo-Hye Han investigate what motivates journalists to call elections before the votes have been tallied and, more importantly, what this and similar practices signal to the electorate about the value of voter participation.

Jarvis and Han track how journalists have told the story of electoral participation during the last eighteen presidential elections, revealing how the portrayal of voters in the popular press has evolved over the last half century from that of mobilized partisan actors vital to electoral outcomes to that of pawns of political elites and captives of a flawed electoral system. The authors engage with experiments and focus groups to reveal the effects that these portrayals have on voters and share their findings in interviews with prominent journalists. Votes That Count and Voters Who Don't not only explores the failings of the media but also shows how the story of electoral participation might be told in ways that support both democratic and journalistic values.

At a time when professional strategists are pressuring journalists to provide favorable coverage for their causes and candidates, this book invites academics, organizations, the press, and citizens alike to advocate for the voter's place in the news.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Edward Jarvis is Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is the author of Sede Vacante: The Life and Legacy of Archbishop Thục andCarlos Duarte Costa: Testament of a Socialist Bishop.

Soo-Hye Han is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Research Associate at the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271081260
• ISBN 13: 9780271081267
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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