After the Campaign: Civics Lesson or Boxing Match?


 

Publication Date: July 2009

Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)

Author(s): Michael Gottsegen

Research Area: Media, telecommunications, and information; Politics

Keywords: Values; Political Behavior; Media; Culture

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author considers the tone and nature of media coverage of the long process of tabulating and adjudicating the 2000 election results, and the differences and similarities between American attention to sports and to politics.