Communication and Midterm Elections [electronic resource] : Media, Message, and Mobilization /
Hendricks, John Allen.author.
Schill, Dan.author.
This book offers a comprehensive examination of midterm elections from the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the differences, similarities, and challenges unique to midterm elections.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I The 2014 Election: Issues and Agendas; 1. Media, Message, and Mobilization: Political Communication in the 2014 Election Campaigns; 2. The Cult(ure) of Analytics in 2014; 3. The "Documented Voter": Voter ID Messaging in the 2014 Texas Midterm Election; 4. Commonsense Protections or Government Interference in Private Decisions? Competing Media Frames in the Battle over Tennessee's Abortion Amendment
5. Political Communication and Affective Polarization in the 2014 Midterm Elections for the US Senate: The Cases of Iowa, North Carolina, and GeorgiaPart II Media Coverage and Effects of Television, Newspapers, and Late-Night Comedy Shows in 2014; 6. The 2014 Midterm Elections on Local Television: Frames, Sources, and Valence; 7. Visual Framing of 2014 US Senate Campaign: Conflict Bias in News Coverage; 8. The Serious Business of Late-Night Political Humor: Foreign Policy Issue Salience in the 2014 Midterm Elections; Part III Technology in the Political Process
9. The Influence of Twitter Posts on Candidate Credibility: The 2014 Michigan Midterms10. Picturing the Senate Candidates: Image Building in the Twitterverse; 11. Personalization and Gender: 2014 Gubernatorial Candidates on Social Media; Part IV Advertising in the 2014 Political Process; 12. Campaign Advertising in Florida's 2014 Gubernatorial Election: Candidate Images, Voter Enthusiasm, and Partisanship; 13. Midterm Voters: An Investigation of the Heuristic Systematic Processing Model and Political Advertisements; 14. Blue Governors in Red States and Red Governors in Blue States
About the EditorsList of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book offers a comprehensive examination of midterm elections from the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the differences, similarities, and challenges unique to midterm elections.
United States. Congress
Political science.
Europe—Politics and government.
Elections.
Communication.
Political Science.
European Politics.
Electoral Politics.
Communication Studies.