The Flawed Characters in the Campaign: Prestige Newspaper Assessments of the 1992 Presidential Candidates' Integrity and Competence

Autor:	Erika G. King
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Presidential system Communication Prestige Media studies Subtext Newspaper Content analysis Law Journalism Sociology Fall of man computer Competence (human resources) computer.programming_language
Zdroj:	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 72:84-97
ISSN:	2161-430X 1077-6990
DOI:	10.1177/107769909507200107
Popis:	A content analysis of New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times reporter and columnist/editorial evaluations of the integrity and competence of the 1992 presidential candidates during the fall campaign found that explicit assessments of the candidates' character were present in about 7 percent of all news articles and one-third of op/ed items, and that, as predicted, the vast majority were unfavorable in tone. Similar character assessments appeared in the three papers, with all following a negative media “subtext” for each candidate that emphasized his character flaws. Clinton was consistently assessed as a slippery obfuscator, Bush as an inept dissembler, and Perot as an arrogant paranoid.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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