 |
ERIC ED309488: Newsmagazine Visuals and the 1988 Presidential Elect... |
 |
by ERIC |
 |
Thumbnail |
|
Download |
 |
Web page |
|
|
|
A study examined newsmagazines' visual coverage of the |
|
1988 election to determine if patterns of difference in |
|
the visual presentation of candidates existed. A content |
|
analysis examined all the visuals (photographs and |
|
illustrations) of the presidential and vice-presidential |
|
candidates printed in three national weekly newsmagazines- |
|
-"U.S. News and World Report,""Time," and "Newsweek"-- |
|
between the Labor Day kickoff and a week after the |
|
general election (September 5 to November 21). Every |
|
photo containing a candidate's picture was included, and |
|
each photo was coded for the candidate, magazine, |
|
publication date, size (in picas) and 15 visual |
|
attributes. Results indicated that the three |
|
newsmagazines displayed no significant differences in how |
|
they covered the campaign. Presidential candidates |
|
received significantly more coverage than did vice- |
|
presidential candidates in all three publications, and |
|
Republican candidates were pictured more often than |
|
Democrats. The number of pictures differed significantly |
|
from one candidate to the other, but the presidential |
|
debates had no effect on the number of pictures published |
|
by each magazine. George Bush's campaign photos were |
|
significantly larger than those of Michael Dukakis. Bush |
|
received better page position; he appeared more cheerful |
|
in his visuals; and he received better camera angles than |
|
did Dukakis. In the vice-presidential campaign, Lloyd |
|
Bentsen's visuals were virtually absent from the |
|
coverage. (Six tables of data are included.) (KEH) |
|
|
|
Date Published: 2014-12-11 14:57:31 |
|
Identifier: ERIC_ED309488 |
|
Item Size: 16880507 |
|
Language: english |
|
Media Type: texts |
|
|
|
# Topics |
|
ERIC Archive; Illustrations; Journali... |
|
|
|
# Collections |
|
ericarchive |
|
additional_collections |
|
|
|
# Uploaded by |
|
@chris85 |
|
|
|
# Similar Items |
|
View similar items |
|
|
|
PHAROS |
|
