How Australia decides : election reporting and the media / Sally Young.

By:

Young, Sally Ann

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 323 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511992889
0511992882
1107213363
9781107213364
0511994087
9780511994081
1283050145
9781283050142
9786613050144
6613050148
0511991878
9780511991875
0511989091
9780511989094
0511987293
9780511987298
0511984774
9780511984778

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: How Australia decides.DDC classification:

302.230994 22

LOC classification:

P95.82.A8 Y6 2011eb

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Contents:

Election reporting in the 2000s -- pt. 1. Political news audiences and outlets. The political news audience -- The elite public sphere -- The popular public sphere -- Elections and audiences -- pt. 2. Where does election news come from and what is it about? Creating election news: journalists -- The stars of the show: politicians and campaigning -- Who controls the news agenda? -- 'From the campaign trail': the framing of election news -- pt. 3. Elections in mediated times. News, political reporting and the internet -- Bias -- News, the public and democracy.

Summary: In recent years, the Australian media have come under fire for their reporting of politics and election campaigns. Political reporting is said to be too influenced by commercial concerns, too obsessed with gossip and scandal, and too focused on trivia and 'sound bites' at the expense of serious issues.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In recent years, the Australian media have come under fire for their reporting of politics and election campaigns. Political reporting is said to be too influenced by commercial concerns, too obsessed with gossip and scandal, and too focused on trivia and 'sound bites' at the expense of serious issues.