Communication and midterm elections : media, message, and mobilization

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Communication and midterm elections : media, message, and mobilization

Title remainder

media, message, and mobilization

Statement of responsibility

edited by John Allen Hendricks and Dan Schill

Contributor

• Hendricks, John Allen
• Schill, Dan, 1979-

Editor

• Hendricks, John Allen
• Schill, Dan, 1979-

Subject

• 2014
• Communication in politics
• Communication in politics -- United States
• Elections
• Elections -- U.S. states
• Elections -- United States -- States
• Governors -- Election
• Governors -- United States -- Election
• Mass media -- Political aspects
• Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
• United States
• United States, Congress
• United States, Congress -- Elections, 2014

Language

eng

Summary

• "This book offers a comprehensive examination of contemporary US midterm elections through the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the challenges unique to midterm elections. In the US, midterm elections do not receive the same amount of media attention and voter participation as presidential elections, yet their outcomes often have significant consequences. This edited collection closely examines 2014 midterm election trends in media, messaging, and mobilization. The 2014 midterm election yielded several important trends, headlines, and milestones: Democrats suffered significant and humbling defeats, historically low turnout propelled a sweeping Republican wave, billions of dollars were spent airing millions of ads, unprecedented amounts of 'dark money' linked to outside groups was used to buy television advertisements, working-class white voters continued their decades-long defection from the Democratic Party, and Republicans devoted substantial time and resources to catch up with Democrats in the use of digital and social media. Communication and Midterm Elections includes top scholars from leading research institutions using various research methodologies to generate new understandings--both theoretical and practical--for students, researchers, journalists, and practitioners"--
• "This book offers a comprehensive examination of US 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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Dewey number

324.973/0932

Index

index present

LC call number

JK1968 2014

LC item number

.C66 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography