Truth in Advertising?: Lies in Political Advertising and How They Affect the Electorate

by Barbara Allen, Daniel Stevens, Barbara Allen

Book Overview

Focusing on the U.S. 2008 general elections, this study shows the links between inaccurate political ad claims and negativity, sound and visual distortions that influence voter cognition, and voter knowledge and behavior. Knowing less and voting more appears to be the troubling news in an age of post-factual democracies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498531598
• ISBN13: 9781498531597
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"