A User's View of the Polls

Kovach, Bill

doi:10.1086/268623

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“…However, Kovach (1980) observed that the media's overemphasis on horse-race matters, often results in potentially serious candidates, even those with credible agendas, being forced to quit early in a political race simply because they are seen as not doing well in the polls. Fahey (2007) claimed that horse-race coverage is convenient to less diligent reporters and media organizations, due to their tendency to avoid the rigors of "serious analysis, critique, or challenging commentary" during coverage of political elections (p. 136).…”

Section: "Horse-race" Coveragementioning

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Issue Salience in the U.S. Elections: “Partisan Domestication” between South Korean Newspapers

Ha¹,

Onyebadi²,

Shin³

2017

SMC

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This study examines how two newspapers in South Korea, one conservative and one liberal, covered the U.S. presidential election of 2008. The study found that there was a significant divergence in the emphasis placed on certain types of issues between the two ideologically polarized newspapers. While the liberal Hankyoreh Daily placed more emphasis on social justice issues -such as racial equality and the abolition of social discrimination, the conservative Chosun Daily highlighted "human interest" issues, focusing on more trivial topics such as the candidates' gender, family, and fashion preferences. There was also a difference in the types of news sources used by the two newspapers. The Hankyoreh Daily sought to represent the voices of the South Korean elite, while The Chosun Daily used American politicians as one of its major source of information. This study argues that a news organization's ideological orientation is an important factor, which influences South Korean newspapers' "domestication" of the U.S. election, which was staged in a distant region.

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Section: "Horse-race" Coveragementioning

confidence: 99%

Issue Salience in the U.S. Elections: “Partisan Domestication” between South Korean Newspapers

Ha¹,

Onyebadi²,

Shin³

2017

SMC

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Polls apart! Political, research and ethical lessons from UK pressure groups' use of opinion polls

Nancarrow

Evans

Pallister

2003

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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Pressure groups use opinion polls to help further political agendas, as in the case of hunting with dogs. The authors evaluate the two types of poll that have featured in the campaigning: ‘scientific’ (representative) polls and ‘straw’ polls. The shortcomings of straw polls are well known and the new problem of ‘piling in’ where pressure groups direct their supporters to such polls is described, raising a number of potential ethical issues. The apparent discrepancy in ‘scientific’ opinion polls commissioned by the two sides of the debate is examined and an attempt to reconcile the differences is made. The authors' observations raise questions about the value and limitations of polling as well as technical and ethical issues the polling industry and professional bodies need to address. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications

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Wirkungen der Medien — Einwirkung auf die Medien: Das Beispiel Public Journalism

Ruß-Mohl¹

2000

Publikums- Und Wirkungsforschung

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A User's View of the Polls

Cited by 11 publications

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Issue Salience in the U.S. Elections: “Partisan Domestication” between South Korean Newspapers

Issue Salience in the U.S. Elections: “Partisan Domestication” between South Korean Newspapers

Polls apart! Political, research and ethical lessons from UK pressure groups' use of opinion polls

Wirkungen der Medien — Einwirkung auf die Medien: Das Beispiel Public Journalism

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