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

"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 interv...

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Main Authors: Jarvis, Sharon E., 1969- (Author), Han, Soo-Hye, 1976- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Series:Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; vol. 17.
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271081267
0271081260
9780271081250
0271081252
Author Notes:Sharon E. Jarvis is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Associate Director for Research at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin.
Soo-Hye Han is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Research Associate at the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University.