Media and the British General Elections of 2015–2019

Examines media effects in the British General Elections of 2015-2019 First book-length study of media effects in contemporary British politics in 25 years Shows how to link media data and other data sources such as the British Election Study, and how to analyse such data in a rigorous manner Uses the British Election Longitudinal News Study data on media coverage of the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, often linked to British Election Study data, to assess a wide range of media effects, showing the versatility of such data Chapters focus on media effects ranging from media’s effects on each other—intermedia agenda-setting—to media’s effects on perceptions of problems and perceptions of leaders, to how the media covered women and ethnic minority candidates in these elections and the impact of such coverage This book brings together cutting-edge research on media in British elections. Chapters from a range of authors link extensive content analysis data from traditional and online media with survey data on political attitudes and behaviour in the three general elections between 2015 and 2019. The book examines a wide variety of topics that go well beyond the typical subjects of media effects research, including priming, intermedia agenda-setting, and media coverage of women and ethnic minority candidates and its impact. It provides the first comprehensive survey of media effects in contemporary British politics in 25 years. Many of the findings suggest more robust media effects in British elections than the conventional wisdom has allowed, and urge deeper engagement from scholars and practitioners with this strand of election analysis.