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Comparing Political Communication: A 2020 update
2020Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara Pfetsch, Daniele CaramaniAbstract:For the fifth edition of Caramani’s textbook Comparative Politics we have fundamentally revised our chapter from the previous 4th edition and updated it in the light of the latest literature. The chapter is structured along the core dimensions of contemporary Political Communication systems. It first explains the rationale for a comparative study of Political Communication before discussing relevant models of relationship between media and Political institutions, as well as differences in Political Communication cultures among media and Political elites. It then reviews findings on country-specific reporting styles in Political news coverage and evaluates divergent approaches in government Communication and election Communication. On the side of the citizens, the chapter explores cross-national differences in the consumption of Political news, along with the positive contribution of public service broadcasters for informed and enlightened citizenship. Finally, it looks at Political information flows, comparing message production by Political actors, Political message production by media actors, usage patterns of Political information, and effects of Political Communication.
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European Political Communication Cultures and Democracy
2014Co-Authors: Tom Moring, Barbara PfetschAbstract:The changes in Political Communication during the last half-century have been intense. The emergence of television offered direct access to the living room, giving rise to new opportunities for politicians and journalists to perform and to criticize. New techniques for campaigning were developed, occasionally placing spin-doctors in the driver’s seat and offering new platforms for spokespersons and pundits. Living-room politics (Morley, 1986) became a battleground for not only politicians but also the media. Among the responses by printing houses to the new competition from electronic media were the tabloidization of the press, followed by efforts toward media convergence to reconquer parts of the expanding mediascape. These measures dramatically influenced the conditions for production and content of Political messages. The speed of the dissemination increased immensely, as did the reach of news and Political information, while at the same time the new media landscape offered lacunas for diversification. Against this background the authors of this volume outlined a broad comparative study of Political Communication culture, covering nine European countries. We asked 2,500 key actors about their attitudes underlying Political Communication today.
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National or Professional? Types of Political Communication Culture across Europe
2014Co-Authors: Barbara Pfetsch, Eva Mayerhöffer, Tom MoringAbstract:Which professional and Political orientations of journalists and Political actors shape the milieu of Political Communication in Western European democracy? Which are the typical features and clusters of the subjective basis of the media-politics relationship within and across nations? Do certain structures of the media and Political system resonate with the attitudinal underpinnings of Political Communication? These questions are at the core of this chapter, which seeks to bring together all aspects of the empirical study of the Political Communication culture that we have introduced thus far. Now we determine and compare the attitudes and role perceptions of politicians, Political spokespersons and journalists aiming to map out particular national cultures of Political Communication. We further develop a heuristic of the grouping of these milieus in the nine countries of our study and establish whether we can distinguish the milieu of Political Communication in Southern Europe from the approaches that are taken in the Northern part of the continent or in the German-speaking countries.
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Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, and Challenges - Comparing Political Communication : theories, cases, and challenges
Comparing Political Communication, 2004Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara PfetschAbstract:1. Introduction Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser Part I. Theories and Methods: 2. Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and Political Communication Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini 3. Transnational trends in Political Communication: conventional views and new realities David L. Swanson 4. Comparing mass Communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes Hans J. Kleinsteuber 5. Designs and methods of comparative Political Communication research Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb Part II. Cases: 6. Global Political Communication: good governance, human development and mass Communication Pippa Norris 7. Local Political Communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization Sabine Lang 8. Strategic Political Communication: mobilizing public opinion in 'audience democracies' Hanspeter Kriesi 9. Political campaign Communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections Christina Holtz-Bacha 10. Political Communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? Thomas Zittel 11. Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and Political roles in five countries Wolfgang Donsbach and Thomas Patterson 12. Political Communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news Patrick Rossler 13. Political Communication effects: the impact of mass media and interpersonal conversations on voting Rudiger Schmitt-Beck Part III. Perspectives and Challenges: 14. State of the art in comparative Political Communication research: poised for maturity? Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler 15. From Political culture to Political Communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis Barbara Pfetsch 16. Problems of comparative Political Communication research: culture as a key variable Robert L. Stevenson 17. Meeting the challenges of global Communication and Political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch.
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comparing Political Communication theories cases and challenges
2004Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara PfetschAbstract:1. Introduction Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser Part I. Theories and Methods: 2. Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and Political Communication Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini 3. Transnational trends in Political Communication: conventional views and new realities David L. Swanson 4. Comparing mass Communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes Hans J. Kleinsteuber 5. Designs and methods of comparative Political Communication research Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb Part II. Cases: 6. Global Political Communication: good governance, human development and mass Communication Pippa Norris 7. Local Political Communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization Sabine Lang 8. Strategic Political Communication: mobilizing public opinion in 'audience democracies' Hanspeter Kriesi 9. Political campaign Communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections Christina Holtz-Bacha 10. Political Communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? Thomas Zittel 11. Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and Political roles in five countries Wolfgang Donsbach and Thomas Patterson 12. Political Communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news Patrick Rossler 13. Political Communication effects: the impact of mass media and interpersonal conversations on voting Rudiger Schmitt-Beck Part III. Perspectives and Challenges: 14. State of the art in comparative Political Communication research: poised for maturity? Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler 15. From Political culture to Political Communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis Barbara Pfetsch 16. Problems of comparative Political Communication research: culture as a key variable Robert L. Stevenson 17. Meeting the challenges of global Communication and Political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch.
Frank Esser - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Comparing Political Communication: A 2020 update
2020Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara Pfetsch, Daniele CaramaniAbstract:For the fifth edition of Caramani’s textbook Comparative Politics we have fundamentally revised our chapter from the previous 4th edition and updated it in the light of the latest literature. The chapter is structured along the core dimensions of contemporary Political Communication systems. It first explains the rationale for a comparative study of Political Communication before discussing relevant models of relationship between media and Political institutions, as well as differences in Political Communication cultures among media and Political elites. It then reviews findings on country-specific reporting styles in Political news coverage and evaluates divergent approaches in government Communication and election Communication. On the side of the citizens, the chapter explores cross-national differences in the consumption of Political news, along with the positive contribution of public service broadcasters for informed and enlightened citizenship. Finally, it looks at Political information flows, comparing message production by Political actors, Political message production by media actors, usage patterns of Political information, and effects of Political Communication.
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Populist Political Communication in Europe
2018Co-Authors: Toril Aalberg, Frank Esser, Jesper Strömbäck, Carsten Reinemann, Claes H. De VreeseAbstract:In an increasing number of countries around the world, populist leaders, Political parties and movements have gained prominence and influence, either by electoral successes on their own or by influencing other Political parties and the national Political discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that the media and the role of Communication more broadly are key to understanding the rise and success of populist leaders, parties and movements, there is however very little research on populist Political Communication, at least in the English-speaking research literature. Originating from a research project funded by the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST), this book seeks to advance this research. It includes examinations 24 European countries, and focuses on three areas within the context of populism and populist Political Communication: populist actors as communicators, the media and populism and citizens and populism.
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Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, and Challenges - Comparing Political Communication : theories, cases, and challenges
Comparing Political Communication, 2004Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara PfetschAbstract:1. Introduction Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser Part I. Theories and Methods: 2. Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and Political Communication Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini 3. Transnational trends in Political Communication: conventional views and new realities David L. Swanson 4. Comparing mass Communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes Hans J. Kleinsteuber 5. Designs and methods of comparative Political Communication research Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb Part II. Cases: 6. Global Political Communication: good governance, human development and mass Communication Pippa Norris 7. Local Political Communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization Sabine Lang 8. Strategic Political Communication: mobilizing public opinion in 'audience democracies' Hanspeter Kriesi 9. Political campaign Communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections Christina Holtz-Bacha 10. Political Communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? Thomas Zittel 11. Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and Political roles in five countries Wolfgang Donsbach and Thomas Patterson 12. Political Communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news Patrick Rossler 13. Political Communication effects: the impact of mass media and interpersonal conversations on voting Rudiger Schmitt-Beck Part III. Perspectives and Challenges: 14. State of the art in comparative Political Communication research: poised for maturity? Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler 15. From Political culture to Political Communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis Barbara Pfetsch 16. Problems of comparative Political Communication research: culture as a key variable Robert L. Stevenson 17. Meeting the challenges of global Communication and Political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch.
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comparing Political Communication theories cases and challenges
2004Co-Authors: Frank Esser, Barbara PfetschAbstract:1. Introduction Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser Part I. Theories and Methods: 2. Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and Political Communication Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini 3. Transnational trends in Political Communication: conventional views and new realities David L. Swanson 4. Comparing mass Communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes Hans J. Kleinsteuber 5. Designs and methods of comparative Political Communication research Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb Part II. Cases: 6. Global Political Communication: good governance, human development and mass Communication Pippa Norris 7. Local Political Communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization Sabine Lang 8. Strategic Political Communication: mobilizing public opinion in 'audience democracies' Hanspeter Kriesi 9. Political campaign Communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections Christina Holtz-Bacha 10. Political Communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? Thomas Zittel 11. Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and Political roles in five countries Wolfgang Donsbach and Thomas Patterson 12. Political Communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news Patrick Rossler 13. Political Communication effects: the impact of mass media and interpersonal conversations on voting Rudiger Schmitt-Beck Part III. Perspectives and Challenges: 14. State of the art in comparative Political Communication research: poised for maturity? Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler 15. From Political culture to Political Communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis Barbara Pfetsch 16. Problems of comparative Political Communication research: culture as a key variable Robert L. Stevenson 17. Meeting the challenges of global Communication and Political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch.
Toril Aalberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Populist Political Communication in Europe
2018Co-Authors: Toril Aalberg, Frank Esser, Jesper Strömbäck, Carsten Reinemann, Claes H. De VreeseAbstract:In an increasing number of countries around the world, populist leaders, Political parties and movements have gained prominence and influence, either by electoral successes on their own or by influencing other Political parties and the national Political discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that the media and the role of Communication more broadly are key to understanding the rise and success of populist leaders, parties and movements, there is however very little research on populist Political Communication, at least in the English-speaking research literature. Originating from a research project funded by the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST), this book seeks to advance this research. It includes examinations 24 European countries, and focuses on three areas within the context of populism and populist Political Communication: populist actors as communicators, the media and populism and citizens and populism.
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Communicating Politics : Political Communication in the Nordic Countries
2008Co-Authors: Jesper Strömbäck, Mark Ørsten, Toril AalbergAbstract:Modern politics is mediated politics, and the media constitute the most important source of information and channel of Communication between the governors and the governed. Media and politics are thus inextricable linked together, with the media playing an important role in contemporary democracies and for Political processes. While this is true for virtually all advanced democracies, there are still important differences between countries depending on, for example, their media systems and Political systems. The purpose of Communicating Politics: Political Communication in the Nordic Countries is consequently to de-scribe and analyze both the Political Communication systems and cases of Political Communication processes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Taken together, the chapters explore differences as well as similarities between the Nordic countries, and provide a broad view of Political Communication systems, practices and research perspectives in the Nordic countries.
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Introduction: Comprehending Populist Political Communication
Populist Political Communication in Europe, 1Co-Authors: Toril Aalberg, C.h. De VreeseAbstract:Although populist politics is a well-known phenomenon in many European democracies, its communicative aspects have been underexplored or often ignored. Yet-in light of the current large-scale social, Political, and economic turmoil of recent populist backlashes against governments, and of the changing media environment-the study of populist Political Communication has never been more important. The purpose of this book is to provide information and knowledge about the conditions that give rise to the presence (or absence) of populist Political Communication and about its impact in different European democracies.
Jay G. Blumler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Core Theories of Political Communication: Foundational and Freshly Minted
Communication Theory, 2015Co-Authors: Jay G. BlumlerAbstract:This article presents and evaluates the essential tenets of a selection of core theories of Political Communication that leading scholars produced before and after the advent of media abundance, digital Communication, and the Internet. From the earlier Foundational Legacy period, a number of theories of media effects, conceptualizations of the politics-media axis, and typologies for comparative analysis of Political Communication systems are discussed. From the digital era, a number of more freshly minted theories of voice, actors' roles, and holistic and normative perspectives are then considered. In conclusion, the article paints a largely positive picture of the state of Political Communication theory but also specifies certain needs for further theory development in this highly productive area of Communication scholarship
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The Shape of Political Communication
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2015Co-Authors: Jay G. BlumlerAbstract:This chapter stresses the importance of trying to understand the Political Communication process in the round (i.e., its shape), in addition to its specific workings and effects, and explains what this can involve. For this purpose, the concept of a “Political Communication system” is proposed, the key components of which are identified. Four ways in which this concept has been applied in analysis and research are then outlined (including especially for comparative research). Finally, the chapter considers whether the concept of a Political Communication system can be accommodated to the onset of recent transforming trends, such as increased Communication abundance and the Internet.
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The Third Age of Political Communication: Influences and Features
Political Communication, 1999Co-Authors: Jay G. Blumler, Dennis KavanaghAbstract:This article identifies key changes in society and the media that have shaped Political Communication in many democracies over the postwar period. Three distinct ages are described. In the first, much Political Communication was subordinate to relatively strong and stable Political institutions and beliefs. In the second, faced with a more mobile electorate, the parties increasingly "professionalized" and adapted their Communications to the news values and formats of limited-channel television. In the third (still emerging) age of media abundance, Political Communication may be reshaped by five trends: intensified professionalizing imperatives, increased competitive pressures, anti-elitist populism, a process of "centrifugal diversification," and changes in how people receive politics. This system is full of tensions, sets new research priorities, and reopens long-standing issues of democratic theory.
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West European Perspectives on Political Communication: Structures and Dynamics
European Journal of Communication, 1990Co-Authors: Jay G. Blumler, Daniel Dayan, Dominique WoltonAbstract:The article is shaped by two objectives. First, it reviews approaches and contributions by European scholars with records of continuous and cumulative research into Political Communication, identifying eight common features of their work. A core notion is that of a `Political Communication system', including its structure (focusing especially on relations between politicians and journalists), the role of media power, the external influences to which it responds in different societies and how it changes. Audience studies are pursued and normative assessments developed within this perspective as well. Second, a few priority areas for future attention are proposed that could lead to a philosophically grounded critical (but non-Marxist) theory of Political Communication.
Melissa Aronczyk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Qualitative Political Communication| Understanding the Impact of the Transnational Promotional Class on Political Communication
International Journal of Communication, 2015Co-Authors: Melissa AronczykAbstract:This article is an overture to Political Communication researchers to broaden their categories and contexts of analysis when assessing the role of promotional practices in Political life. It aims to make both methodological and empirical contributions to qualitative Political Communication research. Drawing on ongoing research into the proliferation of Political Communication strategies around the exploitation of oil in Canada and the United States, the article analyzes efforts by promotional intermediaries to achieve legitimacy for their clients in three sites: Montreal, Canada; Houston, Texas; and Fort McMurray, Alberta. Bringing to light the tools, techniques, and claims to authority of promotional actors and their practices, the article demonstrates the importance of field research to the analysis of Political Communication. By getting inside the social worlds of the actors and processes involved, researchers can make sense of the ways that Political Communication is defined, understood, and acted upon by interlocutors and audiences. The article also addresses specific methodological challenges of undertaking this research.
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Understanding the Impact of the Transnational Promotional Class on Political Communication
2015Co-Authors: Melissa AronczykAbstract:This article is an overture to Political Communication researchers to broaden their categories and contexts of analysis when assessing the role of promotional practices in Political life. It aims to make both methodological and empirical contributions to qualitative Political Communication research. Drawing on ongoing research into the proliferation of Political Communication strategies around the exploitation of oil in Canada and the United States, the article analyzes efforts by promotional intermediaries to achieve legitimacy for their clients in three sites: Montreal, Canada; Houston, Texas; and Fort McMurray, Alberta. Bringing to light the tools, techniques, and claims to authority of promotional actors and their practices, the article demonstrates the importance of field research to the analysis of Political Communication. By getting inside the social worlds of the actors and processes involved, researchers can make sense of the ways that Political Communication is defined, understood, and acted upon by interlocutors and audiences. The article also addresses specific methodological challenges of undertaking this research.
