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In the aftermath of the 2017 election there has been speculation about the likely impact of internet news sources and social media on the turn-out and the results. Headlines in the left-leaning Guardian and Independent both suggested that the election results, with an unexpected swing away from the Conservatives, demonstrated that the Conservative tabloid press had lost its power. However a closer examination of the media coverage, alongside the specific coverage of the campaign issues and the characteristics of the turn-out for the parties, suggests that, just a year after their successful referendum campaign, it is too soon to write off the power of the Tory press.
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Phillips, A. (2019). The Agenda-Setting Role of Newspapers in the UK 2017 Elections. In: Wring, D., Mortimore, R., Atkinson, S. (eds) Political Communication in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00822-2_6
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