10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWINGOMETER»
Discover the use of
swingometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
swingometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Political Discourse in the Media: Cross-cultural Perspectives
British television viewers are likely to associate Snow with the 'swingometer', a
gadget in the shape of a wheel with a large needle, which serves to indicate the
swing of the vote to or away from a particular party, illustrating the change, ...
Anita Fetzer, Gerda Lauerbach, 2007
2
Jeremy Clarkson Borrowed My Blog - Volume 1
Peter Snow, who was last night prevented from wearing his blue suede shoes
because they were likely to infer political allegiance, was livid that his
Swingometer Party failed to register a single vote in this year's local elections. Mr
Snow takes ...
3
Analyzing Genres in Political Communication: Theory and practice
The swingometer is a device for illustrating swings in the vote from one party to
another and for interpreting what this means in terms of seats won or lost and for
the resulting constitution of parliament. In a rudimentary version it was first used ...
Piotr Cap, Urszula Okulska, 2013
4
Dialogue Analysis IX: Dialogue in Literature and the Media, ...
Snow is best known perhaps for operating one special instrument that is a fixture
of British election night coverage: the swingometer, a device that serves to
indicate the swing of the vote to or away from a particular party, illustrating the
change ...
Anne Betten, Monika Dannerer, 2005
5
The Role of the Charity Commission and Public Benefit: Post ...
... muddy area? Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts: It is that you move by slow
degrees from something that is just bad practice to something that is illegal. You
are on a swingometer, but where you are on the swingometer is very difficult to
judge ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 2013
6
Half a Century of British Politics
The model for the coverage of elections required the 'swingometer' — the 'swing
of the pendulum' theory being given the solid form of an oscillating totem which
kept score. but only the score between two teams. The fact that the viewer was ...
Lynton J. Robins, Bill Jones, 1997
7
Monty Python's Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, ...
Robert McKenzie operated the swingometer during this broadcast, and correctly
predicted the Heath and Conservative win at 11:43 pm. GMT. The BBC website
offers video clips from the 1970 British General Election. “swong"——("Election ...
8
Politicotainment: Television's Take on the Real
Many other countries use referenda as well as general elections. But the
overwhelming majority of nation states are governed representatively; plebiscites
are the exception. 5 See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingometer; the swingometer is
still in ...
The first appalling difficulty is the absence of the late Professor Bob McKenzie
and his Swingometer. Not that it would have been much use even if both of them
had still been with us. For a start, in order for the Swingometer to function, you
have ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1983
Whereas I, assisted only by my swingometer, have the destiny of the nation in the
palm of my hand. There's been a very small amount of ill-informed criticism about
the so-called “accuracy” of my swingometer. I toss back my bulging head and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWINGOMETER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
swingometer is used in the context of the following news items.
Sunday Times clue writing contest
This is a cryptic definition, apparently about weather forecasting. It uses the convenient fact that the person seen next to the swingometer in BBC coverage of ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
Eaten hats and broken swingometers
On the BBC, Jeremy Vine's swingometer "nearly broke" in the face of the swing in Scotland from Labour to the SNP. David Cameron was joined on the stage for ... «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
Election 2015: New look for results swingometer
In a Daily Politics film, Ellie Price hears about the swingometer's history, dating back to regional coverage in 1955. Later it went national, and experienced a ... «BBC News, May 15»
From sandwiches to swingometers: a history of TV election coverage
From swingometers to virtual parliaments, election coverage has always been a weird gadget show and you can be sure that, whatever the result for the parties, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Swingometer faces its toughest test yet
It's been a familiar feature of almost every election since 1955, but there are fears that the swingometer may not be able to cope with the complexity of this week's ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
Jeremy Vine interview: The Radio 2 presenter and Swingometer …
Vine has been a presenter on Panorama, Newsnight and Radio 4's Today. He is now the host of a daily two-hour radio show on BBC Radio 2 and the BBC's ... «The Independent, May 15»
The BBC renews its swingometer to cope with an unpredictable …
Faced with the most complex and unpredictable election in a generation, presenter Jeremy Vine will unveil no fewer than four different swingometers on 7 May, ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Is this the new swingometer? Network analysis given the broadcast …
The BBC current affairs programme Newsnight delved into network analysis this week. Network analysis generally involves generating diagrams which show ... «Online Journalism Blog, Apr 15»
a very local general election
Only people with long memories have clear recollections of simpler times when Professor Robert McKenzie's swingometer could tell the story of successive ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
Crossword roundup: swinging from the polls
... assumes a two-party stranglehold on the life of our votes, let's also make it the subject of our next challenge. Reader, how would you clue SWINGOMETER? «The Guardian, Apr 15»
