Political communication in Britain : the leader debates, the campaign and the media in the 2010 general election / edited by Dominic Wring, Roger Mortimore, and Simon Atkinson.

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English
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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xx, 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    "The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note:
    • Introduction; D.Wring
    • PART I: DEBATES
    • What Took So Long? The late arrival of TV election debates in the UK; R.Bailey
    • The Leaders' Debates: How 270 Minutes of Television Challenged the Position of the Press; A.Boulton& T.Roberts
    • A Framing Content Analysis of Media Coverage of the Debates; S.Coleman, F.Steibel& J.G.Blumler
    • PART II: POLLING
    • Polling Voting Intentions; P.Kellner& J.Twyman
    • The Accuracy of the Polls: Were they Wrong about the LibDems All Along?; S.Atkinson& R.Mortimore
    • The Polls, the Media and Voters: the Leader's Debates; A.Hawkins
    • PART III: VOTERS
    • The UK Expense Scandal and Political Trust; J.van Heerde-Hudson
    • Public Confidence in Elections; J.Watson
    • How Voters in the Marginals Experienced the Campaign; R.Mortimore, H.Coombs& T.Mludzinski
    • PART IV: PARTIES
    • The Conservative Campaign; K.Culwick& A.Wilson
    • The Labour Campaign; N.Cook
    • The Liberal Democrat Campaign; Lord C.Rennard
    • PART V: CAMPAIGNING
    • Election Campaigning Transformed; I.Gaber
    • Constituency Campaigning in 2010; J.Fisher, D.Cutts& E.Fieldhouse
    • Below the Radar? Online campaigning at the Local Level; R.Southern& S.Ward
    • The Visual Election: Online and Off; C.Burgess
    • PART VI: MEDIA
    • So What Was That All About? Mainstream Mediation of the Campaign; D.Deacon, D.Wring, J.Stanyer& P.Golding
    • Genre and the Mediation of Election Politics; K.Richardson, K.Parry& J.Corner
    • Conclusion; R.Mortimore& S.Atkinson.
    ISBN
    • 9780230301467 ((pbk.))
    • 0230301460 ((pbk.))
    • 9780230301450
    • 0230301452
    LCCN
    2011012479
    OCLC
    694832935
    Other standard number
    • 4487241
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