ABSTRACT
To review research on news coverage of political campaigns, we start with a basic premise: All news is a construction of reality. News about political campaigns represents an on-going negotiation among key actors in the campaign process: on the media side—journalists, editors, and owners; on the campaign side—candidates, campaign staffers, and party activists. To a lesser extent the public, government institutions and their incumbents, interest groups, pundits, and experts also play a role in the news-making process.
