Televised Election Debates

CHRISTOPHER ADASIEWICZ Researcher, Princeton Survey Research, Washington, DCARNOLD AMBER Executive Producer, News Department, Canadian Broadcasting CorporationDIANA B. CARLIN Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of KansasHELEN CLARK Leader, New Zealand Labour PartyJULIE HALL TV Producer and trustee of The Scarman TrustSHOSHANA-BLUM-KULKA Professor of Social Psychology, The Hebrew University, JerusalemKATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON Dean of Annenberg School of Communication, University of PennsylvaniaRICHARD HOLME (Lord Holme of Cheltenham) sits in the House of Lords at Westminster and was Liberal Democratic Election Campaign Chairman in the 1997 UK general electionTAMAR LIEBES Professor of Social Psychology, The Hebrew University, JerusalemAUSTIN MITCHELL British Labour MP and frequent broadcasterMARY WALSH Lecturer, School of Management, Queensland University of TechnologyIAN WARD Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Queensland

• Preface Foreword; D.Butler Meaningful Political Debate in the Age of the Soundbite; S.Coleman What Can Voters Learn from Election Debates?; K.H.Jamieson & C.Adasiewicz Leaders Debates and Presidential Politics in Australia; I.Ward & M.Walsh Peres Versus Netanyahu: Television Wins the Debate, Israel 1996; S.Blum-Kulka & T.Liebes Third Parties and TV Debates; R.Holme The Great British Exception; A.Mitchell The Worm that Turned: New Zealand's 1996 General Election and the Televised 'Worm' Debates; H.Clark Making the Debates Happen: A Guide for Viewers; D.B.Carlin Mission to Engage; J.Hall Index