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