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Voters Trump Candidates In addition to evaluating the campaign process, voters were asked to rate the various players in the campaign. When stacked up against the candidates, the parties and the media establishment, the voters themselves come out on top. More than one-in-five give voters an A, up dramatically from 12% in 1996. In 1996, […]
Total N = 1149 518 All Newspapers 344 All Natl. Papers 174 All Regional Papers 227 All Television 125 All AM Shows 102 All PM Shows 404 All Internet 1,149 Total 1. SOURCE Total % All Newspapers All Television All Internet 45 All Newspapers 100 0 0 […]
Washington, D.C. Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Discussants: Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University and Director, Muslims in American Public Square project Melissa Rogers, Executive Director, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Marshall Wittman, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Alan Wolfe, Professor […]
Whether a citizen gets his or her news from the newspaper, the Internet or television, this study suggests, could have a great influence on the views they form about the candidates and the election as a whole. Television tended to cover campaign themes more than any other medium—68% compared with 56% on the Internet and […]
The study identified what “triggered” something to become a story—was it a campaign event? Newsroom initiative? An accusation by a candidate? Or something from outside the campaign? The answer is journalists, for the most part, decide what is news in campaigns. More than half of all stories, 56%, were initiated by journalists deciding to pursue […]
The first presidential election of the 21st century may go down in history as the moment when campaigning disappeared into private space. Eighty years ago, radio allowed people to hear candidates by their firesides for the first time. Thirty years later, television added pictures, which transform …
What also emerged, in debate coverage and elsewhere, was a clear predilection toward negativity. More than half of all stories contained twice as many negative assertions as positive. This finding stands out especially because during this election cycle, citizens have repeatedly told the media they are tired of the negative nature of campaigns. Further, studies […]
Washington, D.C. E.J. DIONNE, JR., MODERATOR: Welcome everyone. We have an incredibly impressive audience. I don’t know if you’ve seen the list. Not only put together a good panel, but many of you folks in the audience know more about this field than I do and lots of other people in our country. And I’m […]