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Please join us for this DMRC visiting scholar event!
August 14, 1-2.00 pm, Room 607, Level 6, Building Z9, Kelvin Grove Campus.
How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship. But how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens? Based on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date, Stephen Cushion’s talk will examine how campaigns are reported in many advanced Western democracies. Focusing on the most recent US and UK election campaigns, he consider how the logic of election coverage could be rethought in ways that better serve the democratic needs of citizens.
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Dr Stephen Cushion is a Reader at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies. He has published books and published over 50 journal articles and book chapters on issues related to news, politics and journalism. He is Associate Editor of Journalism Studies and is on editorial board of several leading academic journals. |