TY  - GEN
AB  - 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).
AU  - Devine, Christopher,
CN  - JK609.5
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-031-28166-2
DO  - doi
ID  - 1463104
KW  - Vice-presidents
KW  - Press and politics
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-28166-2
N2  - 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).
SN  - 9783031281662
SN  - 3031281667
T1  - News media coverage of the vice-presidential selection process :what's wrong with the "Veepstakes"? /
TI  - News media coverage of the vice-presidential selection process :what's wrong with the "Veepstakes"? /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-28166-2
ER  -