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The Impact of American Media on the Results of the Election Campaigns of Candidates for US President 2016: the Phenomenon of Defectors States

Student: Atasuntsev Aleksandr

Supervisor: Vera Eduardovna Abelinskaite

Faculty: Faculty of Creative Industries

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2017

The study proves the hypothesis that against the background of the acute polarization of American society, as well as against the low level of American confidence in the national press, the media played a significant role in the victory of Donald Trump, especially in the states of the "Rusty Belt". The novelty of the study is that it combines the main theories of electoral behavior and the media factor to explain the reasons for the victory of Donald Trump. To prove the hypothesis we analyzed publications in five leading American newspapers: the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today, and in a number of regional newspapers. In addition, the work uses topical survey and statistical data on the ideological and political views of Americans, electoral preferences and the socio-demographic composition of the United States.

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