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Changing the subject : an analysis of candidates' issue emphasis in televised election debates, 1985-2019
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Author
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Abstract
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| Election debates are key campaign events that allow citizens to compare politicians' issue positions side-by-side. While debate moderators try to keep candidates on-topic to contrast issue positions, candidates can try to shift the debate to off-topic issues instead. Election debates thus provide a unique setting to study candidates' issue emphasis. In this context, we study: who veers off-topic, on which issues, and when? Our theory-driven quantitative content analysis of 24 Belgian election debates (1985-2019) shows that different candidates are equally likely to veer off-topic, but when they do, they emphasize their party's core issues and follow previous off-topic speaking turns. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of broadcasting & electronic media / Ohio State University. Department of Communication. - Kent, Ohio, 1985, currens
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Publication
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Abingdon
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Routledge journals, taylor & francis ltd
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2023
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ISSN
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0883-8151
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1550-6878
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DOI
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10.1080/08838151.2023.2272856
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Volume/pages
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(2023)
, p. 1-20
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ISI
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001101527700001
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Full text (open access)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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