Words that Matter: How the News and Social Media Shaped the 2016 Presidential Campaign

by Frank Newport (Author), Frank Newport (Author), Ceren Budak (Author), Leticia Bode (Author), Jonathan M. Ladd (Author), Josh Pasek (Author), Lisa O. Singh (Author), Michael W. Traugott (Author), Stuart N. Soroka (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2019

  $31.27

  Assesses how the news media covered the extraordinary 2016 US presidential election and, more important, what information - true, false, or somewhere in between - actually helped voters make up their minds. The evidence uncovered shows how Donald Trump's victory, and Hillary Clinton's loss, resulted in large part from how the news media responded to these two unique candidates.