Streamlining Political Communication Concepts
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Published on 22. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
V, 158 pages
978-3-031-45337-3 (ISBN)
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In this edited volume, renowned scholars from around the globe rethink and update important political communication concepts in the light of the most recent changes that have been occurring in media environments. In particular, the authors discuss those caused by the use of social media in politics, e.g. prevalent disinformation, populism, political polarization, etc. This collection of key texts addresses the major concerns that arise in our rapidly changing media and political environments and provides a basis for discussions on the current state of political communication research.
This makes this volume a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars of political communication, interested in a better understanding of key concepts and the current state of the research in the field.
This makes this volume a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars of political communication, interested in a better understanding of key concepts and the current state of the research in the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
V, 158 p. 2 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-031-45337-3 (9783031453373)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-45335-9
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Susana Salgado | Stylianos Papathanassopoulos
Streamlining Political Communication Concepts
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Susana Salgado
is a political communication scholar. Currently, she is a Principal Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa, Portugal) where she also teaches Political Communication. Salgado previously held positions as FCT Research Fellow at ICS-ULisboa, Portugal, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, and Assistant Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Over the last few years, her comparative research projects have been broad in geographical scope, and include several projects on Europe, but also on Portugal and Brazil and an extensive analysis of the role of the media in African democratization processes from a comparative perspective. The topics of her most recent research include populism, online hate, polarization, and disinformation. She has been responsible for several funded research projects, such as 'Streams of hate and untruth?', or 'Politics, Policy, Populism and Online and SocialMedia'.
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a Professor of Media Organization and Policy at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the head of the faculty and member of the Board of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute. Further, he is a Visiting Professor at City University, London, United Kingdom. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the University Research Institute of Applied Communication (URIAC) and Deputy-Head of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Technological University of Cyprus, and he has also taught at the University of Helsinki and the University of Sheffield. Additionally, Papathanassopoulos is a member of the Euromedia Research Group. He is currently Director of the postgraduate program in Journalism and New Media, as well as Director of the Laboratory of Journalism Studies both at the Departmentof Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a Professor of Media Organization and Policy at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the head of the faculty and member of the Board of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute. Further, he is a Visiting Professor at City University, London, United Kingdom. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the University Research Institute of Applied Communication (URIAC) and Deputy-Head of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Technological University of Cyprus, and he has also taught at the University of Helsinki and the University of Sheffield. Additionally, Papathanassopoulos is a member of the Euromedia Research Group. He is currently Director of the postgraduate program in Journalism and New Media, as well as Director of the Laboratory of Journalism Studies both at the Departmentof Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Content
Chapter 1. The Old Meets the New: 'old' Political Communication Concepts in a 'new' Social Media Era.- Chapter 2. Features of the Digital Era: Deinstitutionalization and Reinstitutionalization.- Chapter 3. Ever More Dynamic, Complex and Transnational - Comparing Political Communication Under the Conditions of Digital Environments and Disrupted Democracy.- Chapter 4. A Brief History of the Disinformation Age: Information Wars and the Decline of Institutional Authority.- Chapter 5. Media Populism Revisited.- Chapter 6. Political Corruption Scandals in the (Social) Media Environment.- Chapter 7. Digital Election Campaigns: Does Professionalization Still Matter?.- Chapter 8. Political (Election) Advertising.- Chapter 9. Strategic Political Public Relations in the "age of Populism".