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Who Debates, Who Wins? At-Scale Experimental Evidence on Debate Participation in a Liberian Election

Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy

[no publisher] (2018), 45, 24 pp.

"In this paper we assess the electoral consequences of candidate selection into the supply of widely-disseminated programmatic information in the setting of Liberia, where clientelism is pervasive and the media sector is weak. We partnered with USAID and the NGO Internews to study the impact of rand ... omized elements of a nationwide initiative to hold debates for all 73 House of Representatives seats ahead of the Liberian election of October 2017. Beyond lawmaking, House members in Liberia control access to development funds as well as play key roles in the allocation and implementation of public goods, and thus voters have incentives to care about the policy priorities of the candidates and vote accordingly. However, historically, votes have been bought as often as won (Bowles et al., 2017). In an effort to improve democratic accountability, Internews organized 129 standardized debates, with at least one in each electoral district, to solicit the policy promises of the participating candidates. In the debates, the 59% of candidates who participated were asked a series of questions by moderating journalists on particular issues of local policy relevance, most often relating to district schools, primary healthcare facilities, and infrastructural investments. Rather than large townhall-style debates, the emphasis was on soliciting concrete policy platforms and promises from the candidates that would then be rebroadcast by community radio stations. To shock the supply of policy promises, we randomly varied the intensity of invitation efforts to persuade candidates to participate in the debates. The decision to participate is risky, particularly in clientelistic settings where the returns to programmatic competition can be both limited and highly uncertain. Candidates who ‘win’ a debate may enjoy greater publicity and net electoral gains, but ex ante they risk performing poorly, revealing their policy priorities to be disconnected from their constituents and restricting their ability to target campaign promises to small groups of influential voters. These risks are especially pronounced for the leading candidates (incumbents and their challengers), who enjoy greater resources for campaigning, are adapted to the existing clientelistic equilibrium, and are more likely to be attacked by opponents to gain publicity." (Pages 2-3) more

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Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics

Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, Hal Roberts

New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2018), ix, 462 pp.

"Analysing millions of news stories together with Twitter and Facebook shares, broadcast television and YouTube, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the architecture of contemporary American political communications. Through data analysis and detailed qualitative case studies of coverage o ... more

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Iraqi TV Debates in the Run Up to Elections in May 2018: A Discourse Analysis by MICT

Anja Wollenberg

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2018), 34 pp.

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Ciudadanía digital & democracia participativa

Francisco Sierra Caballero, Salvador Leetoy, Tommaso Gravante (eds.)

Salamanca: Comunicación Social; CLACSO (2018), 252 pp.

"Ciudadanía digital y democracia participativa trata de describir experiencias concretas y procesos de apropiación y rebelión frente al actual statu quo tecnocrático a través de dos ejes conceptuales claramente definidos:--Propuestas teóricas y analíticas para el estudio de la Ciudadanía Dig ... more

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Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo, Beschara Karam (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 272 pp.

"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Moza ... more

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Image de soi et discours électoraux: Analyse des stratégies de communication électorale des présidentiables de 2011 en RDC

Célestin Katubadi Mputu

Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 206 pp.

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The Instrumentalisation of Mass Media in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russia's Presidential Election Campaigns of 2000 and 2008

Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva

Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2017), viii, 283 pp.

"Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favour of their preferred candidate in a presidential election? What effects do these strategies have on news content? Based on two case studies of the presidential election campaigns in Russia in 2000 and in 2008 ... more

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Comunicación y democracia en México: Los pasos dados

Jesús Becerra Villegas (ed.)

Zacatecas; México, DF: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas; Colofón (2017), 212 pp.

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Comunicación y marketing político: Guía práctica para ser elegido y gobernar con excelente reputación
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Carlos Andrés Pérez Múnera

Bogotá: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Centro de Análisis y Entrenamiento Político (CAEP), 7nd ed. (2016), 334 pp.

"Desde su primera edición en el año 2005, la presente obra ha servido como guía práctica para acompañar a los candidatos y sus asesores durante todo el proceso electoral y hoy en día sigue ofreciendo valiosas herramientas tanto tradicionales como también relacionadas con las nuevas tecnologí ... more

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Comunicación política y elecciones en México 2015

Martín Echeverría Victoria, Carlos Enrique Ahuactzin Martínez (eds.)

Puebla: Instituto de Ciencias de Gobierno y Desarrollo Estratégico Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) (2016), 258 pp.

"El estudio de los fenómenos comunicativos en las elecciones de México de 2015 constituye el punto de análisis en el presente volumen. En el marco normativo de un órgano electoral nuevo, el Instituto Nacional Electoral, las variaciones del tratamiento informativo y la presencia de estrategias me ... more

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Medien und Wahlen

Winfried Schulz

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2015), 137 pp.

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Reflections on Elections in a Dominant Party State

Helge Rønning

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 149-155

"In my opinion it is too easy to conclude whether eleetion coverage in the media is balanced, solely based on quantitative data. Although this is obviously important, other aspects are equaliy important, particularly in a country such as Mozambique, where the written press does not penetrate much. A ... more

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Too Close for Comfort: The Political Telenovela 'El Candidato' and the 2000 Mexican Presidential Election

Iván Abarca Torres

Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, volume 1 (2015), pp. 9-26

"The telenovela El Candidato did not elect Vicente Fox per se but it was a very powerful media vehicle that certainly helped him. Although there were suspicions from the beginning about the telenovela’s positive support of the PRI in the context of the real election, it turns out that in fact upon ... more

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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Accessible Elections

General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) (2015), 55 pp.

"For the last couple of years, there were more reporting on disability in the media but most of them only reporting and portraying the ‘uniqueness’ of disability. In the election news reporting, media only portray the Persons with Disabilities on the voting process but the news still did not hav ... more

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Kit pédagogique du journaliste radio en période électorale

Jean-Marie Coat et al.

Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2015), 33 pp.

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Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process

Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor, Kehbuma Langmia (eds.)

Lanham et al.: University Press of America (2014), xix, 229 pp.

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Consulta ciudadana "Tu palabra sobre las noticias: Elecciones generales 2014". Informe de resultados

La Paz: Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM); Fundación UNIR (2014), 28 pp.

"La información periodística sobre las elecciones es prioritariamente canalizada y recibida por los medios noticiosos tradicionales: la prensa, la radio y la televisión. El empleo de Internet para estos cometidos -informar o informarse- aparece como poco relevante, siendo considerados más import ... more

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Media and Elections: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners

David Ward et al.

New York: UNDP (2014), vi, 110 pp.

"This guide is designed to be a key reference tool for electoral practitioners including electoral management bodies (EMBs), independent broadcasting authorities and international assistance providers. It aims at improving an understanding of some of the key issues related to media and elections. Th ... more

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Wahlwerbung im Radio

Peter Brück

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2014), 271 pp.

"Das Radio ist, zusammen mit dem Fernsehen, das mit Abstand meist genutzte Medium in Deutschland. Auch die bundesdeutschen Parteien nutzen es häufig für ihre Werbung im Vorfeld von Wahlen. Trotzdem führt Wahlwerbung im Radio im Gegensatz zu Wahlwerbung auf und in anderen Trägermedien (z.B. Ferns ... more

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Negotiating Media ‘balance’ in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election

Ross Tapsell

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, volume 32, issue 2 (2013), pp. 39-60

"This article will discuss recent trends in Malaysia’s media surrounding the 2013 general election (GE13). It will argue that the GE13 produced two important trends in the media industry. First, there was increased political-party participation in social media, citizen journalism and blogging. In ... more

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