Abstract
This study develops and tests the hypothesis that physically attractive politicians receive more news coverage. The physical attractiveness of Members of the 16th Israeli Knesset (MKs) was assessed by students abroad, who did not know they were evaluating Israeli politicians. The number of times each member appeared on national television news at the time of study was obtained and used as a measure of television news coverage. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that, over and above controls for a host of factors, the physical attractiveness of the MKs was associated with their coverage in television news.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 175-192 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | International Journal of Press/Politics |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2010 |
Keywords
- Journalism
- News gathering
- Parliament
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Sociology and Political Science