All the Polling (Data) That’s Fit to Print? An Analysis of Online News Coverage of 2016 Primary Polls

Turcotte, Jason; Medenilla, Klarize; Villaseñor, Karen; Lampwalla, Saara

doi:10.1080/08824096.2017.1282856

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“…A more recent study of the US context on the 2016 primaries (Turcotte, Medenilla, Villaseñor, & Lampwalla, 2017) found that broadcast news outlets were more transparent in their poll reporting (i.e., in providing more methodological details) compared to print and online news. Transparency decreased as election day neared, however.…”

Section: The Quality Of Poll Reportsmentioning

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“According to the Polls…” Opinion Poll Coverage in Network Evening News during the 2020 U.S. Election Campaign

Beckers

2021

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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After news media and pollsters were unsuccessful in predicting recent political outcomes such as the 2016 U.S. election, opinion polls came under scrutiny. Journalists were accused of not providing audiences the tools to correctly interpret poll information. Using a content analysis of all evening news items from CBS, ABC, and NBC from the final two months before the 2020 U.S. general election, we analyzed the quality of poll coverage. We find that half of the references to election polls are “diffuse,” in which journalists refer to “the polls” in a general manner. When news items do cover specific poll results, media often disclose the absolute minimal essential information (e.g., population and error margin), but fail to provide additional methodological details.

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Section: The Quality Of Poll Reportsmentioning

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“According to the Polls…” Opinion Poll Coverage in Network Evening News during the 2020 U.S. Election Campaign

Beckers

2021

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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“…Dispersion results from high rates of reporting on abortion research; bias results from the constant repetition of negative stereotypes. Polling data (and the survey items they rely on) appear objective to the viewing public and, for this reason, are frequently included in news coverage (Boudreau & McCubbins, 2010;Turcotte, Medenilla, Villaseñor, & Lampwalla, 2017). Craig (2014) argued that polls are associated with greater objectivity because they do not "emanate from either party" (p. x) and are imagined to be unaffected by political ideology.…”

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In the Fabric of Research: Racial and Gender Stereotypes in Survey Items Assessing Attitudes about Abortion

McClelland

Dutcher

Crawford

2020

Journal of Social Issues

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We investigated the content of survey items to assess whether and how racist and sexist stereotypes are woven into the fabric of research on attitudes about abortion in the U.S. We collected and analyzed a comprehensive set of survey items (456 items from 80 studies) used in peer-reviewed research published from 2008-2018 in representative and non-representative studies of U.S. respondents. Our analysis was guided by historical narratives that have been influential in shaping representations of women and reproduction in the U.S. (e.g., the Moynihan Report, 1965). With this background, we developed three themes pertaining to how individuals' attitudes about abortion are measured: we found that items rely on (1) moral, (2) sexual, and(3) financial evaluations of women seeking abortion care. These themes highlighted implicit and explicit judgments of women, including representations of them as unwilling to partner with men and as fiscally and sexually irresponsible. We argue that survey items meant to objectively assess abortion attitudes draw on negative racial and gender stereotypes and that these

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Characteristics of Opinion Poll Reporting: Creating the Change Narrative

Larsen

Fazekas

2021

Reporting Public Opinion

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All the Polling (Data) That’s Fit to Print? An Analysis of Online News Coverage of 2016 Primary Polls

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

“According to the Polls…” Opinion Poll Coverage in Network Evening News during the 2020 U.S. Election Campaign

“According to the Polls…” Opinion Poll Coverage in Network Evening News during the 2020 U.S. Election Campaign

In the Fabric of Research: Racial and Gender Stereotypes in Survey Items Assessing Attitudes about Abortion

Characteristics of Opinion Poll Reporting: Creating the Change Narrative

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