1 A Framework for Comparing Election News Coverage Around the World / Jesper Stromback and Lynda Lee Kaid, 1
I. ELECTION NEWS COVERAGE IN COUNTRIES WITH MAJORITARIAN ELECTIONS
2 Media Coverage of U.S. Elections: Persistence of Tradition / Mira Sotirovic and Jack McLeod, 21
3 Trends in Television Network News Coverage of U.S. Elections / Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter, 41
4 Media Matter: Election Coverage in Canada / Elisabeth Gidengil, 58
5 Election News Coverage in the U.K. / Margaret Scammell and Holli A. Semetko, 73
6 Free Journalism under Control: Election Coverage in France / Eric Darras, 90
7 Australia: Gladitorial Parties and Volatile Media in a Stable Polity / Rodney Tiffen, 109
8 Elections in India: One Billion People and Democracy / Lars Willnat and Annette Aw, 124
II. ELECTION NEWS COVERAGE IN COUNTRIES WITH PROPORTIONAL ELECTIONS
9 The Netherlands: Media Logic and Floating Voters? / Claes H. de Vreese, 145
10 Swedish Election News Coverage: Towards Increasing Mediatization / Jesper Stromback, 160
11 Election Coverage in Spain: From Franco's Death to the Atocha Massacre / Esteban Lopez-Escobar, Teresa Sddaba and Ricardo Zugasti, 175
12 Election News Coverage in Greece: Between Two Logics / Nicolas Demertzis and George Pleios, 192
13 Campaigns in the Holy Land: The Content and Effects of Election News Coverage in Israel / Tamir Shaefer, Gabriel Weimann and Yariv Tsfati, 209
14 Election News Coverage in Poland / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska and Bartlomiej Lodzki, 226
15 Media Coverage of Election News in the Republic of Serbia / Misha Nedeljkovich, 246
16 Democratization and Election News Coverage in Brazil / Mauro P. Porto, 252
17 Media and Elections in South Africa: Finding a Foothold on the Democratic Path / Amanda Gouws and Arnold S. de Beer, 273
III. ELECTION NEWS COVERAGE IN COUNTRIES WITH COMBINED SYSTEMS
18 Characteristics and Dynamics of Election News Coverage in Germany / Frank Esser and Katharina Hemmer, 289
19 News Coverage of Elections in the Long Transition of Italian Democracy / Franca Roncarolo, 308
20 News Coverage of National Elections in Hungary after 1990 / Joldn Roka, 324
21 Election News Coverage in Bulgaria / Lilia Raycheva and Daniela V. Dimitrova, 341
22 Election Coverage in the Russian Federation / Sarah Oates, 357
23 Election Coverage in Mexico: Regulation Meets Crony Capitalism / Chappell Lawson, 370
24 The Media Coverage of Election Campaigns and Its Effects in Japan / Shinichi Saito and Toshio Takeshita, 385
IV. ELECTION NEWS COVERAGE IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
25 News Coverage of EU Parliamentary Elections / Michaela Maier and Jiirgen Maier, 403
26 Election News Coverage Around the World: A Comparative Perspective / Lynda Lee Kaid and Jesper Stromback, 421