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Political Communication in Britain

The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election

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Editors:
  1. Dominic Wring

    1. Loughborough University, UK

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  2. Roger Mortimore

    1. Ipsos MORI, UK

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  3. Simon Atkinson

    1. Ipsos MORI, UK

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Dominic Wring
      Pages 1-4

  3. Debates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. What Took So Long? The Late Arrival of TV Debates in the UK General Election of 2010

      • Ric Bailey
      Pages 7-21

    3. The Election Debates: Sky News’ Perspective on their Genesis and Impact on Media Coverage

      • Adam Boulton, Tom D. C. Roberts
      Pages 22-36

    4. Media Coverage of the Prime Ministerial Debates

      • Stephen Coleman, Fabro Steibel, Jay G. Blumler
      Pages 37-55

    5. The Polls, The Media and Voters: The Leader Debates

      • Caroline Lawes, Andrew Hawkins
      Pages 56-73

  4. Polling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Were the Polls Wrong about the Lib Dems All Along?

      • Simon Atkinson, Roger Mortimore
      Pages 77-93

    3. Polling Voting Intentions

      • Peter Kellner, Joe Twyman, Anthony Wells
      Pages 94-108

  5. Voters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. The Campaign As Experienced by the Voters in the Battleground Seats

      • Roger Mortimore, Helen Cleary, Tomasz Mludzinski
      Pages 111-125

    3. Public Confidence in Elections

      • Jenny Watson
      Pages 126-143

  6. Parties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. The Conservative Campaign

      • Alex Wilson
      Pages 147-156

    3. The Labour Party’s Road to 2010

      • Greg Cook
      Pages 157-168

    4. From Protest to Power — The Progress of the Liberal Democrats

      • Chris Rennard
      Pages 169-178

  7. Campaigning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. ‘This Election will be Won by People not Posters’… Advertising and the 2010 General Election

      • Chris Burgess
      Pages 181-197

    3. Constituency Campaigning in 2010

      • Justin Fisher, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse
      Pages 198-217
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About this book

The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics.

Reviews

"This fascinating collection of essays provides a detailed, scholarly but always accessible analysis of the interplay between the media and politicians - when there is most at stake. Political Communication in Britain is the 2010 election laid bare'

- Michael Cockerell, Award-winning political broadcaster

Editors and Affiliations

  • Loughborough University, UK

    Dominic Wring

  • Ipsos MORI, UK

    Roger Mortimore, Simon Atkinson

About the editors

RIC BAILEY Chief Political Advisor, BBC ADAM BOULTON Sky Presenter of the second Prime Ministerial Debate JAY G BLUMLER Emeritus Professor of Public Communication, University of Leeds, UK CHRIS BURGESS Postgraduate Research Student, University of Nottingham, UK STEPHEN COLEMAN Professor of Political Communication and Director of Research, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK NICK COOK Labour Party HELEN COOMBS Deputy Head of Political Research, Ipsos MORI JOHN CORNER Researcher on the AHRC-funded project, 'Media Genre and Political Culture', University of Liverpool, UK DAVID CUTTS Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK DAVID DEACON Professor of Communication and Media Analysis Loughborough University, UK EDWARD FIELDHOUSE Director of the Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, UK JUSTIN FISHER Professor of Political Science, Brunel University, London, UK IVOR GABER Professor of Political Campaigning, City University, London, UK PETER GOLDING Northumbria University, UK ANDREW HAWKINS Chairman, ComRes PETER KELLNER Chair, YouGov TOMASZ MLUDZINSKI Research Executive, Ipsos MORI KATY PARRY Researcher on the AHRC-funded project, 'Media Genre and Political Culture', University of Liverpool, UK LORD CHRIS RENNARD Liberal Democrat Party KAY RICHARDSON Researcher on the AHRC-funded project, 'Media Genre and Political Culture', University of Liverpool, UK TOM D. C. ROBERTS Macquarie University, Australia ROSALYND SOUTHERN PhD Student, University of Manchester, UK JAMES STANYER Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies, Loughborough University, UK FABRO STEIBEL Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK JOE TWYMAN Director of Political Research, YouGov JENNIFER VAN HEERDE-HUDSON Lecturer in Research Methods, University College London, UK STEPHEN WARD Reader in Politics, University of Salford, UK JENNY WATSON Chair, Electoral Commission ALEX WILSON, Conservative Party

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