The Obama effect [electronic resource] : how the 2008 campaign changed white racial attitudes / Seth K. Goldman and Diana C. Mutz.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldman, Seth K.
Other Authors: Mutz, Diana Carole
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2014.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2008.
White people > United States > Attitudes.
Post-racialism > United States.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Obama Effect : How the 2008 Campaign Changed White Racial Attitudes
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The impact of the Obama campaign on white racial attitudes
  • Part I. Documenting change in white racial attitudes during the 2008 campaign
  • Is the decline in white racial prejudice meaningful?
  • Visions of unity: white perceptions of race relations
  • Part II. Explaining change in white racial attitudes during the 2008 campaign
  • The role of mass media in changing white racial attitudes
  • Testing rival theories of media influence
  • Part III. Epilogue: White racial attitudes after the 2008 campaign
  • Whatever happened to the Obama exemplar?
  • Implications for the study of racial attitudes.