Edited for television : CNN, ABC, and the American presidential elections

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Edited for television : CNN, ABC, and the American presidential elections

Matthew Robert Kerbel

Westview Press, 1998

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index

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Edited for Television is a concise, accessible examination of the role of network and cable news media in American presidential campaigns. The second edition acknowledges the political changes that have taken place since the first edition, namely the key policy battles of Clintons first two years, the midterm elections, Clintons revival as a political force, and the 1996 election. Through all these changes, television continues to cover politics largely as it did four years ago. In particular, television reporters still make themselves and their concerns a central component of the political story. Edited for Television is a concise, accessible examination of the role of network and cable news media in American presidential campaigns. The second edition acknowledges the political changes that have taken place since the first edition, namely the key policy battles of Clintons first two years, the midterm elections, Clintons revival as a political force, and the 1996 election. Through all these changes, television continues to cover politics largely as it did four years ago. In particular, television reporters still make themselves and their concerns a central component of the political story.A new closing chapter considers the fact that, despite a deliberate effort by reporters to make their work more substantive in 1996, issue coverage remained sporadic and episodic while thematic content of cable and broadcast news again emphasized the horse race, personalities, process, and, to a lesser extent, nonissues. Examples of CNN and ABC news coverage from 1996 make interesting illustrations for the updated chapters.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The 1992 Campaign: Pictures On Television
  • Cable Versus Broadcast Coverage: Form and Content
  • Covering the Coverage: The Self as News
  • Issues and Nonissues: Bread and Circuses
  • Horserace and Image: Waiting for Perot
  • Individuals, Institutions, and Relationships: Stuck in Concrete
  • Analysis and Description: A Philosophical Difference
  • The 1992 Campaign: Pictures Of Television
  • The Newsroom, the Field, and the Campaign
  • News Structures: Im Too Old for This!
  • Newsmaking Routines: This Is Not Brain Surgery
  • Newsworker Orientations: Inside the Bubble
  • Breaking the Rules
  • Conclusions
  • The Campaign of 1996: Echoes of the Past
  • The Public as Political News Consumers
  • Television as a Political Institution.

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