Governing with the News: The News Media as a Political Institution. Timothy E. CookPolitics and the Press: The News Media and Their Influences. Pippa Norris (original) (raw)

1999, The Journal of Politics

Without his data, one can only compute bounds on the possible confidence intervals. These bounds confirm that explicit tests are indeed necessary to determine whether the differences in behaviors were significant. In at least one test (Table 4.9) that otherwise would appear to support Canon's hypothesis, the difference clearly was not significant. (Canon does not note this.) Despite the need for clearer tests, however, the weight of the evidence seems to support Canon's theory. In conclusion, the findings in Race, Representation and Redistricting are of immediate and lasting importance. The variety of data sources and research methods is impressive, as is the effort that the author invested in data collection and coding. Race, Redistricting and Representation should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the linkage between representatives and their constituencies.