Votes that count and voters who don't : how journalists sideline electoral participation (without even knowing it) /

Jarvis, Sharon E., 1969-

Votes that count and voters who don't : how journalists sideline electoral participation (without even knowing it) / Sharon E. Jarvis and Soo-Hye Han. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource. - Rhetoric and democratic deliberation .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : journalists and voters -- Portraying the voter -- Discounting the voter -- Positioning the voter -- Influencing the voter -- Struggling with the voter -- Spinning for the voter.

"Examines how journalists have portrayed electoral participation in the United States. The authors analyze depictions of voters in print news coverage over the course of eighteen presidential elections (1948-2016), describe people's reactions to those depictions, and share insights from their interviews with more than fifty elite journalists"--Provided by publisher.



9780271082882 9780271082905


Voting--History.--United States
Voting research--United States.
Journalism--Political aspects--United States.


Electronic Books.

JK1965 / .V684 2018