News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process: What's Wrong with the Veepstakes?

by Christopher J. Devine

Book Overview

This book provides the first systematic, empirical analysis of the media's approach to US vice-presidential selection (or the "veepstakes"). In their news coverage, Devine finds that media outlets typically treat vice-presidential selection as little more than a game-by focusing on how potential running mates might help to win the election, rather than how they might help the next president to govern. Based on an original content analysis of hundreds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031281659
• ISBN13: 9783031281655
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"