1. Figure 1. Source of News Statements
About
Trump
Statements about Clinton
Source: Media Tenor

2. figure 2. Topics of Convention News Coverage
Source: Media Tenor

3. figure 3. Tone of Convention News Coverage
Source: Media Tenor.Percentages based on all news statements about Trump, Pence, Clinton, and Kaine. Not included in the
figures are “neutral” statements—those without a clear tone. For the period, they accounted for 41 percent of the total statements.

4. figure 4. Amount of News Coverage Received by Presidential Nominees
Week-by-Week
Full Convention Period
Source: Media Tenor

5. figure 5. Trump’s News Coverage, by Topic
percentage of news coverage
Source: Media Tenor

6. figure 6. Tone of Trump’s News Coverage
Note: Percentages are based on positive and negative statements only. Neutral statements, which accounted for 38 percent of Trump’s
coverage, are not included.

7. figure 7. Tone of Trump’s Coverage, by News Outlet
Source: Media Tenor. Percentages based on negative and positive statements only. Neutral statements are excluded.

8. figure 8. Tone of Trump’s News Coverage—Selected Topics
tone of news coverage
(percentage of statements with positive or negative tone)
Source: Media Tenor

9. figure 9. Clinton’s News Coverage, by Topic
percentage of news coverage
Source: Media Tenor

10. figure 10. Tone of Clinton’s News Coverage
Note: Percentages are based on positive and negative statements only. Neutral statements, which accounted for 37 percent of Clinton’s
coverage, are not included.

11. figure 11. Tone of Clinton’s Coverage, by News Outlet
Note: Percentages based on negative and positive statements only. Neutral statements are excluded.

12. figure 12. Tone of Clinton’s News Coverage—Selected Topics
Source: Media Tenor

13. figure 13. Attention to Email Issue by News Outlet
percentage of election coverage
Source: Media Tenor

14. figure A1. Amount of Vice-Presidential Nominees’ News Coverage
Week-by-Week
Full Convention Period
Note: Kaine received less than half of 1 percent of election coverage during Week 1.
Source: Media Tenor

15. figure A2. Tone of Vice-Presidential Nominees’ News Coverage
Mike Pence
Tim Kaine
Source: Media Tenor. Percentages are based only on news statements with a positive or negative tone. Neutral statements, which accounted for 62 percent of Pence’s coverage and 63 percent of Kaine’s, are excluded. There were too few news references to Kaine to produce a reliable tone distribution for Week 1.