Congress, The Press, and Political Accountability

小行星9422386 这个项目探讨了25家当地报纸如何在1993年1月1日至1994年11月8日期间报道25名众议院议员。 该项目包括搜索所选报纸的所有版本，以寻找提及所选代表的任何文章、社论、专栏或信件，对7，500至8，000项内容进行编码，用定量方法分析编码数据，并用定性方法分析所有单项。 该项目旨在确定当地报纸是否报道了公民要求代表对其任职期间的行为负责所需的信息。 基本的假设是，无偏见和容易获得的信息有助于加强问责制的前景，而不完整或有偏见的信息则会阻碍问责制的实现，这项研究将探讨地方报纸报道唱名表决的规律，报纸提供的关于审议中的问题的信息量，以及代表们为什么这样投票，报纸对代表的其他活动，包括提案，听证，结盟等的报道程度，以及哪些政策问题吸引记者的注意。 这项研究还将调查报纸是否在随后的竞选活动中报道代表的政策相关活动。 ***

9422386 Arnold This project explores how 25 local newspapers covered 25 members of the House of Representatives between January 1, 1993, and November 8, 1994. The project involves searching all editions of the chosen newspapers for any articles, editorials, columns, or letters that mention the selected representatives, coding the 7,500 to 8,000 items for their content, analyzing the coded data with quantitative methods, and analyzing all individual items with qualitative methods. The project is designed to determine whether local newspapers report the kinds of information that citizens would need to hold representatives accountable for their actions in office. The basic assumption is that unbiased and readily\y available information enhances the prospects for accountability, while incomplete or biased information serves to thwart it. The study will explore the regularity with which local newspapers report roll-call votes, the amount of information newspapers provide about the issues under consideration and why representatives voted as they did, the extent to which newspapers cover representatives' other activities, including introducing bills, holding hearings, and building coalitions, and the types of policy issues that attract journalists' attention. The research will also investigate whether newspapers recount representatives' policy-related activities during subsequent electoral campaigns. ***