Abstract
This paper examines the patterns of television news coverage of the political parties, their leaders and the, issues they raised during the 2001 Australian federal election campaign. By focusing on some issues, parties and leaders, television has long been argued to constrain voters' evaluations. We find that television news coverage in the 2001 Australian election campaign focused primarily on international issues, especially terrorism and asylum seekers, and on the two major parties-virtually to the exclusion of coverage of the minor parties and their leaders. Within the major party 'two-horse race', television gave substantially more coverage to the leaders than to the parties themselves, thereby sustaining what some have called a 'presidential'- style political contest. John Howard emerged as the winner in the leaders' stakes, garnering more coverage than Labor's Kim Beazley.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-109 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Political Science |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
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Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 9 National Late News DAYS
Denemark, D. (Creator), Bean, C. (Creator) & Ward, I. (Creator), ADA Dataverse, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26193/dzipi1, https://doi.org/10.26193%2Fdzipi1
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Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 9 Perth 6pm SECS
Denemark, D. (Creator), Bean, C. (Creator) & Ward, I. (Creator), Dataverse (Australian Data Archive, ADA), 29 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.26193/nhhhqa, https://doi.org/10.26193%2Fnhhhqa
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Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 7 National Late News DAYS
Denemark, D. (Creator), Bean, C. (Creator) & Ward, I. (Creator), ADA Dataverse, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26193/dlqvqa, https://doi.org/10.26193%2Fdlqvqa
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