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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Book
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English
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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xv, 349 p. : ill. ; 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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  • 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
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