The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.

This dissertation examined how celebrity candidates were framed in political discourse, specifically in election news coverage. It proposed that the news frames on celebrity candidates would revolve around their public persona(s) and star power more so than their credibility as a politician.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui.
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1693
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
id sg-ntu-dr.10356-1693
record_format dspace
spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-16932019-12-10T12:22:08Z The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity. Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Reporting on entertainment This dissertation examined how celebrity candidates were framed in political discourse, specifically in election news coverage. It proposed that the news frames on celebrity candidates would revolve around their public persona(s) and star power more so than their credibility as a politician. ​Master of Mass Communication 2008-09-10T08:35:23Z 2008-09-10T08:35:23Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1693 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
topic DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Reporting on entertainment
spellingShingle DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Reporting on entertainment
Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui.
The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
description This dissertation examined how celebrity candidates were framed in political discourse, specifically in election news coverage. It proposed that the news frames on celebrity candidates would revolve around their public persona(s) and star power more so than their credibility as a politician.
author2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
author_facet Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui.
format Theses and Dissertations
author Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui.
author_sort Seah, Lucinda Kar Hui.
title The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
title_short The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
title_full The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
title_fullStr The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
title_full_unstemmed The 2003 California recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
title_sort 2003 california recall election : an analysis of news framing and the celebrity.
publishDate 2008
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1693
_version_ 1681049676135006208