Political communication in Britain : the leader debates, the campaign and the media in the 2010, general election

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Political communication in Britain : the leader debates, the campaign and the media in the 2010, general election

edited by Dominic Wring, Roger Mortimore, Simon Atkinson

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • D.Wring PART I: DEBATES What Took So Long? The late arrival of TV election debates in the UK
  • R.Bailey The Election Debates from Sky News' Perspective
  • A.Boulton & T. D. C. Roberts Media Coverage of the Prime Ministerial Debates
  • S.Coleman, F.Steibel & J.G.Blumler The polls, the media and voters: the leader debates
  • A.Hawkins & C.Laws PART II: POLLING Were they Wrong about the LibDems All Along?
  • S.Atkinson & R.Mortimore Polling Voting Intentions
  • P.Kellner, J.Twyman & A.Wells PART III: VOTERS The Campaign as Experienced by the Voters in the Battleground Seats
  • R.Mortimore, H.Cleary & T.Mludzinski Public Confidence in Elections
  • J.Watson PART IV: PARTIES The Conservative Campaign
  • A.Wilson The Labour Campaign
  • N.Cook The Liberal Democrat Campaign
  • Lord C.Rennard PART V: CAMPAIGNING This election will be won by people not posters'... Posters and the 2010 General Election
  • C.Burgess Constituency Campaigning in 2010
  • J.Fisher, D.Cutts & E.Fieldhouse Below the Radar? Online campaigning at the Local Level
  • R.Southern & S.Ward PART VI: MEDIA Playing by the Rules: the 2009 MPs Expenses Scandal
  • J.Hudson The Transformation of Campaign Reporting: the 2010 UK General Election, revolution or evolution?
  • I.Gaber Reporting the 2010 General Election: Old Media, New Media - Old Politics, New Politics
  • D.Deacon & D.Wring Genre and the mediation of election politics
  • K. Richardson, K. Parry & J. Corner Conclusion
  • R.Mortimore & S.Atkinson

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