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NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SE...

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 of
veepstakes profiles from 2000-2020  this book quantifies the news media's relative emphasis on
various selection criteria  in general and across different electoral circumstances. The
analysis suggests that journalists generally fail to serve the public interest by emphasizing
electoral over governing considerations. However  Devine also points to positive examples of
media coverage that help the public to evaluate potential running mates' governing credentials
and suggests ways in which scholars  journalists  and citizens might encourage media outlets to
provide more substantive  responsible coverage of the vice-presidential selection process in
future elections.

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