News media coverage of the vice-presidential selection process : what's wrong with the "Veepstakes"? / Christopher J. Devine.
Devine, Christopher, 1984- author.
2023
JK609.5 .D48 2023
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Title News media coverage of the vice-presidential selection process : what's wrong with the "Veepstakes"? / Christopher J. Devine.
Author Devine, Christopher, 1984- author.
ISBN 9783031281662 electronic book
3031281667 electronic book
9783031281655
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28166-2
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 137 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-28166-2 doi
Call Number JK609.5 .D48 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 324.97303
Summary This book provides the first systematic, empirical analysis of the media's approach to US vice-presidential selection (or the "veepstakes"). In their news coverage, Devine finds that media outlets typically treat vice-presidential selection as little more than a game -- by focusing on how potential running mates might help to win the election, rather than how they might help the next president to govern. Based on an original content analysis of hundreds of veepstakes profiles from 2000-2020, this book quantifies the news media's relative emphasis on various selection criteria, in general and across different electoral circumstances. The analysis suggests that journalists generally fail to serve the public interest by emphasizing electoral over governing considerations. However, Devine also points to positive examples of media coverage that help the public to evaluate potential running mates' governing credentials, and suggests ways in which scholars, journalists, and citizens might encourage media outlets to provide more substantive, responsible coverage of the vice-presidential selection process in future elections. Christopher J. Devine is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton, USA. His previous books include Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections (2020).
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Available in Other Form NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION PROCESS.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. How the Veepstakes Came to Be
Chapter 3. Studying the Veepstakes
Chapter 4. Veepstakes Media Coverage, 2000-2016
Chapter 5. Veepstakes Media Coverage, 2020
Chapter 6. Conclusion.

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