Calling Elections: The History of Horse-Race Journalism

by Thomas B. Littlewood

Book Overview

Calling Elections: The History of Horse-Race Journalism is the lively and important story of the origins and evolution of the "horserace" tradition of political journalism in the United States. Thomas B. Littlewood examines how the treatment of elections as sporting events has come to overshadow the reporting of the campaign as a forum for the discussion of ideas. He suggests reasons for the perception of presidential elections as spectator sport:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268022534
• ISBN13: 9780268022532
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"