The Creation of Political News: Television and British Party Political Conferences

Stanyer (mass communications, U. of Leicester) examines the structure of television coverage of Britain's annual party conferences, showing how elites in the three main political parties manage news coverage as well as the ways news broadcasters mediate the conferences by telling the story their own way. In addition to looking at issues such as how the conferences are planned to generate the most positive image for each party, he compares news teams' coverage of specific events to shed light on …