The Local Contours of Campaign Coverage: State Newspapers and the 1998 Super Tuesday Campaign

摘要

Research on presidential campaign coverage has mostly focused on national news sources. This article examines the more local contours of campaign cov- erage. News coverage of the nominating campaign in 16 top-circulating state newspapers is analyzed throughout one 10-week period in a campaign and found to vary considerably both in overall amounts and the amounts provided to individual candidates.