News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process

What's Wrong with the "Veepstakes"?

Christopher J. Devine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIX, 137 Seiten

2024 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-28168-6 (ISBN)

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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. He is the co-author of two books on vice-presidential candidates, including Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections (with Kyle C. Kopko). This research has been cited by numerous US and international media outlets. Devine also has published extensively on other topics relating to campaigns and elections, public opinion, and the U.S. presidency, including the forthcoming book on presidential campaign visits, I'm Here to Ask for Your Vote.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 137 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Electoral College • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Journalism • Kamala Harris • Media Coverage • Presidential Campaigns • presidential elections • running mates • US politics • Veep • veepstakes • vice presidents • vp
ISBN-10	3-031-28168-3 / 3031281683
ISBN-13	978-3-031-28168-6 / 9783031281686
Zustand	Neuware