Media and the British General Elections of 2015-2019

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Media and the British General Elections of 2015-2019

Edited by: Susan Banducci , Laszlo Horvath , Ekaterina Kolpinskaya and Daniel Stevens

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Examines media effects in the British General Elections of 2015-2019

First book-length study of media effects in contemporary British politics in 25 years
Shows how to link media data and other data sources such as the British Election Study, and how to analyse such data in a rigorous manner
Uses the British Election Longitudinal News Study data on media coverage of the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, often linked to British Election Study data, to assess a wide range of media effects, showing the versatility of such data
Chapters focus on media effects ranging from media’s effects on each other—intermedia agenda-setting—to media’s effects on perceptions of problems and perceptions of leaders, to how the media covered women and ethnic minority candidates in these elections and the impact of such coverage

This book brings together cutting-edge research on media in British elections. Chapters from a range of authors link extensive content analysis data from traditional and online media with survey data on political attitudes and behaviour in the three general elections between 2015 and 2019. The book examines a wide variety of topics that go well beyond the typical subjects of media effects research, including priming, intermedia agenda-setting, and media coverage of women and ethnic minority candidates and its impact. It provides the first comprehensive survey of media effects in contemporary British politics in 25 years. Many of the findings suggest more robust media effects in British elections than the conventional wisdom has allowed, and urge deeper engagement from scholars and practitioners with this strand of election analysis.

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Contents
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List of Tables and Figures
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Notes on Contributors
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Preface and Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Media Effects in British Electoral Politics
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Daniel Stevens, Susan Banducci, Laszlo Horvath and Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
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1. The 2015–2019 British General Elections in Broadcast and Print News: Topics, Actors and Sentiments
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Laszlo Horvath and Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
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2. Intermedia Agenda-setting in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 General Elections
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Daniel Stevens, Susan Banducci, Laszlo Horvath and Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
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3. Flows of Information in Election Campaigns: Who Influences Whom?
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Charlotte James, Susan Banducci and Iulia Cioroianu
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4. Ageing and Agenda-setting in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 General Elections
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Daniel Stevens, Shukru Esmene, Catherine Leyshon and Michael Leyshon
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5. Media Partisanship, Issue Coverage and Individuals’ Perceptions of Issue Stance Importance
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Daniel Ziebarth
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6. Chucking Britain into the Cor-bin?: Newspapers and Perceptions of Party Leaders in the 2017 and 2019 General Elections
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Daniel Stevens
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7. Candidate Experience and the ‘Gender Penalty’ in the 2019 General Election
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Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj, Patrick English and Susan Banducci
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8. How does Media Exposure to Candidates with Shared Gender and Ethnicity Impact Individuals’ Political Engagement?
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Amanda Haraldsson
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9. Constituency Competitiveness and Candidate Coverage: Exploring the Gendered Sentiment of News Media during Recent British General Elections
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Hannah Bunting and Laszlo Horvath
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Concluding Thoughts: Emerging Trends in Political Communication and Electoral Politics in Britain
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Daniel Stevens, Susan Banducci, Laszlo Horvath and Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
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Appendices
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Index
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9781399531306

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399531306

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Keywords for this book

elections; media effects; agenda-setting; intermedia agenda-setting; data linkage; gender and politics

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For universities and colleges of further and higher education

Media and the British General Elections of 2015-2019

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: Media Effects in British Electoral Politics

1. The 2015–2019 British General Elections in Broadcast and Print News: Topics, Actors and Sentiments

2. Intermedia Agenda-setting in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 General Elections

3. Flows of Information in Election Campaigns: Who Influences Whom?

4. Ageing and Agenda-setting in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 General Elections

5. Media Partisanship, Issue Coverage and Individuals’ Perceptions of Issue Stance Importance

6. Chucking Britain into the Cor-bin?: Newspapers and Perceptions of Party Leaders in the 2017 and 2019 General Elections

7. Candidate Experience and the ‘Gender Penalty’ in the 2019 General Election

8. How does Media Exposure to Candidates with Shared Gender and Ethnicity Impact Individuals’ Political Engagement?

9. Constituency Competitiveness and Candidate Coverage: Exploring the Gendered Sentiment of News Media during Recent British General Elections

Concluding Thoughts: Emerging Trends in Political Communication and Electoral Politics in Britain

Appendices

Index

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