Informing voters?

Description:

"Informing Voters? Politics, Media and the New Zealand Election 2008 examines important issues and questions surrounding political communication during the 2008 general election campaign in New Zealand. These issues include: The degree to which the print and electronic media's coverage focused on the 'horse-race and hoopla' of the election campaign; How and to what extent political parties and candidates utilised online campaigning to communicate with voters; The effectiveness of party election advertising; What we can learn from debates and interviews of party leaders. The extent and nature of media coverage given to minor parties; A major finding of the book is that politicians and the media performed a reasonable job of 'informing' voters at the 2008 election."--Book cover.

subjects: Elections, 2008,  Mass media,  Press coverage,  New Zealand. Parliament,  New Zealand,  Political campaigns,  Elections,  Political Advertising,  Communication in politics,  Political aspects,  Politics and government

Places: New Zealand