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The media and 2010 campaign: the television election?

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posted on 2013-10-28, 14:21 authored by Dominic WringDominic Wring, Stephen Ward
The 2010 election was one of the most competitive campaigns of recent decades. The first televised leaders debates along with the rise of online social networking led to renewed speculation about the potential influence of the media in campaigns. By contrast the press appeared to revert to the pre mid-1990s form with strong support for the Conservatives and personal attacks on their opponents. This article concentrates on these two topics and specifically the influence of the leaders debates on the campaign and outcome of the election as well as how and whether press endorsements made much difference.

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School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Citation

WRING, D. and WARD, S., 2010. The media and 2010 campaign: the television election? IN: Geddes, A. and Tonge, J. (eds). Britain Votes 2010. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 217 - 232

Publisher

Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society / © the authors

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2010

Notes

This is a book chapter

ISBN

9780199603275

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Geddes, A;Tonge, JE