...Michael L. Butterworth © 2014 International Communication Association 2014 Abstract Political communication scholars have long noted the prevalence of sports metaphors in media coverage of campaigns, especially through references to the “horse race.” During the 2012 presidential election, however...

... of directors. The final section assesses the question of who will be selected. Topics here include insider versus outsider selection and the broader issues of continuity versus change. succession agency conditions crisis succession environment horse race organization organizational performance...

...This chapter analyzes factors that may explain the existence and magnitude of starting price–based overrounds on Betfair, the leading and globally dominant person-to-person Internet betting site. Drawing on both finance and horse race betting literatures, several hypotheses are developed and tested...

... closes by offering future directions for research on the game schema. bin Laden Osama game schema Obama Barack political communication Project for Excellence in Journalism Weaver P Lippmann W Patterson T E Steele J horse race schema McClure R McGovern George McQuail D Nixon Richard...

...This chapter presents an overview of research on horse-race journalism and its various wide-ranging effects. The impact of polls on political processes remains poorly understood and relatively understudied in political communication in part due to limited agreement on the nature of the relevant...

...Numbers are bandied about persuasively in the run-up to elections. Political parties read the tea leaves of past elections and current polls, and voters tune in for the news media’s horse race coverage of political campaigns. The numbers fixation goes into overdrive in view of election cascades...

...Table 3.1 Soft news and horse‐race coverage: hypothesized relationships Factor Expected relationship to soft and horse race in EP election coverage Electoral competition H1 The closer political competition in a polity, the more horse‐race news in that polity. H2...