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 Works Cited

 

 

Tables

Table I. Newspaper Coverage as Compared to Number of Candidates in Race

 

Clark

Dean

Edwards

Gephardt

Kerry

Lieberman

# of Candidates in Race

            
 

6

3.58

3.54

7.51

5.38

11.46

4.9
 

5

4.51

1.06

8.65

X

13.73

14.93
 

4

5.44

-1.42

9.79

X

16

24.95
 

3

X

-3.9

10.93

X

18.27

X
 

2

X

X

12.07

X

20.54

X
 

1

X

X

X

X

22.81

X
               

NOTE: X denotes point after which candidate dropped out of race.

 

Table II. Newspaper Coverage as Compared to Day of Week

   

Clark

Dean

Edwards

Gephardt

Kerry

Lieberman

Days of the Week

            
 

Sunday (Baseline)

2.63

0.22

6.06

5.31

0.771

4.7
 

Monday

6.12

9.27

11.33

7.55

1.5

7.65
 

Tuesday

            
 

Wednesday

        

1.42

  
 

Thursday

    

9.5

  

1.6

6.70
 

Friday

            
 

Saturday

            

 

Table III. Regression Model of Candidate Coverage in National Newspapers

 

Clark

Dean

Edwards

Gephardt

Kerry

Lieberman

constant

+5.57  (4.63)

-16.49  (6.42)

+5.34  (3.56)

+1.02  (.94)

+12.6  (3.74)

+61.65  (7.04)

# of newspaper endorsements

-.57   (.77)

0

+.93  (1.45)

0

-91.49***  (17.5)

-1.42  (.91)

Total circulation of newspaper

+.0004

(.0006)

0

-.0003 (.0004)

0

+.0003*** (.00005)

0

Monday

+3.49**

(1.09)

+9.05***  (2.09)

+5.28***  (1.55)

+2.24*  (1.1)

+6.51***  (1.64)

+2.95**  (.99)

Tuesday

+.63  (1.09)

+.04  (2.07)

+1.03  (1.53)

-.41  (1.09)

+.44  (1.62)

+.18     (.99)

Wednesday

+.61  (1.08)

+1.96  (2.07)

+1.83  (1.52) 

-.41    (1.1)

+1.33  (1.62)

+1.85  (.99)

Thursday

+1.19  (1.09)

+3.25  (2.09)

+3.44*  (1.54)

-.12    (1.1)

+1.74  (1.65)

+2*      (.99)

Friday

+1.01  (1.11)

+1.89  (2.09)

+2.06  (1.54)

+.22   (1.1)

+1.61  (1.64)

+.49     (.99)

Saturday

+.77  (1.09)

+1.45 (2.09)

+.91  (1.55)

-1.14  (1.1)

+1.45  (1.64)

+.23      (1)

Number of candidates

-.93   (.72)

+2.48**  (.95)

-1.14*  (.48)

0

-2.27***    (.5)

-10.01***    (1.13)

# of observations

+.03***  (.008)

+.15***  (.01)

+.07***   (.01)

+.06*** (.007)

+.09***     (.01)

+.03***     (.007)

* p<.05, ** p<.01, *** p<.001

 

Table IV. Frequency Table

All Newspaper Coverage Received by Candidates that Mention Endorsements

Clark

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

157

84.86

1

21

11.35

2

5

2.70

5

1

.54

7

1

.54

Dean

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

130

84.86

1

35

18.92

2

11

5.95

3

3

1.62

4

1

.54

6

1

.54

9

2

1.08

10

1

.54

12

1

.54

Edwards

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

153

82.7

1

20

10.81

2

6

3.24

5

4

2.16

7

2

1.08

Kerry

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

2

1.08

1

8

4.32

2

16

8.65

3

15

8.11

4

21

11.35

5

15

8.11

6

18

9.73

7

20

10.81

8

8

4.32

9

9

4.86

10

1

.54

11

4

2.16

12

2

1.08

13

1

.54

14

1

.54

15

4

2.16

16

3

1.62

17

6

3.24

18

3

1.62

19

2

1.08

20

2

1.08

21

2

1.08

22

3

1.62

23

3

1.62

24

2

1.08

25

1

.54

27

1

.54

28

2

1.08

29

3

1.62

30

1

.54

31

1

.54

33

1

.54

34

1

.54

35

1

.54

41

1

.54

45

1

.54

Lieberman

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

162

87.57

1

19

10.27

2

3

1.62

5

1

.54

Gephardt

# of Articles

Frequency

%

0

143

77.3

1

36

19.46

2

6

3.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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