Forthcoming Political Communication Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Sourcebook for Political Communication Research

   Methods, Measures, and Analytical Techniques

   Edited by Erik P. Bucy, R. Lance Holbert

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   The Sourcebook for Political Communication Research will offer scholars, students, researchers, and other interested readers a comprehensive source for state-of-the-art/field research methods, measures, and analytical techniques in the field of political communication. The need for this Sourcebook...

   To Be Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Relationship between Rhetoric and Terrorist Violence

   Edited by Allison Smith

   Studies have demonstrated that choices in the use of language convey information that goes beyond the content of the words themselves. In many cases, how something is said matters as much as what is said. Using techniques collectively referred to as linguistic content analysis, researchers have...

   To Be Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Literature, Migration and the 'War on Terror'

   Edited by Fiona Tolan, Stephen Morton, Anastasia Valassopoulos, Robert Spencer

   This is a major new collection of essays on literary and cultural representations of migration and terrorism, the cultural impact of 9/11, and the subsequent ‘war on terror’. The collection commences with analyses of the relationship between migration and terrorism, which has been the focus of much...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Oppositional Discourses and Democracies

   Edited by Michael Huspek

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   When citizens take to the streets or pack assembly halls or share their ideas through the minority press, they often give voice to truths and logic that have otherwise been given little or no airing through the available institutional channels offered by democratic states. Such discourses offer new...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Campaigning for President 2012

   Strategy and Tactics, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Dennis W. Johnson

   In this important and timely volume, Dennis W. Johnson has assembled an outstanding team of political scientists and political professionals to examine one of the fiercest and most closely fought presidential elections of our time. Like its predecessor on the 2008 race, Campaigning for President...

   To Be Published June 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. Digital World

   Connectivity, Creativity and Rights

   Edited by Gillian Youngs

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   The Internet and digital technologies have changed the world we live in and the ways we engage with one another and work and play. This is the starting point for this collection which takes analysis of the digital world to the next level exploring the frontiers of digital and creative...

   To Be Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
7. The Spiral of Silence

   New Perspectives on Communication and Public Opinion

   Edited by Wolfgang Donsbach, Charles T. Salmon, Yariv Tsfati

   Since its original articulation in the early 1970s, the 'spiral of silence' theory has become one of the most studied theories of communication and public opinion. It has been tested in varied sociopolitical contexts, with different issues and across communication systems around the world....

   To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Politics and the Internet

   Edited by William H. Dutton

   Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

   SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE!(Valid until 3 months after publication) It is commonplace to observe that the Internet—and the dizzying technologies and applications which it continues to spawn—has revolutionized human communications. But, while the medium’s impact has apparently been immense, the...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Pros and Cons

   A Debaters Handbook, 19th Edition

   Edited by Trevor Sather, Jason Vit

   Pros and Cons: A Debaters Handbook offers a unique and invaluable guide to the arguments both for and against over 140 current controversies and global issues. Since it was first published in 1896 the handbook has been regularly updated and this nineteenth edition includes new entries on topics...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Dynamics of Political Communication

    Media and Politics in a Digital Age

    By Richard M. Perloff

    To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge