Political Communication Books

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21. Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning

    New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters

    Edited by John Hendricks, Lynda Lee Kaid

    The 2008 US presidential campaign saw politicians utilizing all types of new media -- Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, e-mail, and cell phone texting – to reach voters of all ages, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, and sexual orientations. This volume examines the use of these media and...

    Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
22. Activism and Rhetoric

    Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement

    Edited by Seth Kahn, JongHwa Lee

    This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today’s culture of democratic activism. The volume takes on two of the most significant challenges currently facing contemporary rhetorical studies: (1) the contested meanings and practices of democracy and civic engagement in global context, and (2...

    Published September 9th 2010 by Routledge
23. Manipulating Democracy

    Democratic Theory, Political Psychology, and Mass Media

    Edited by Wayne Le Cheminant, John M. Parrish

    Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics. Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate,...

    Published August 22nd 2010 by Routledge
24. Political Communication and Social Theory

    By Aeron Davis

    Series: Communication and Society

    Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies. It draws together work from across political communication, media sociology and political sociology, and includes a mix of...

    Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
25. Political Emotions

    Edited by Janet Staiger, Ann Cvetkovich, Ann Reynolds

    Series: New Agendas in Communication Series

    Political Emotions explores the contributions that the study of discourses, rhetoric, and framing of emotion make to understanding the public sphere, civil society and the political realm. Tackling critiques on the opposition of the public and private spheres, chapters in this volume examine why...

    Published June 7th 2010 by Routledge
26. Social Power in International Politics

    By Peter van Ham

    Series: New International Relations

    Social power, defined as "the ability to set standards, create norms and values that are deemed legitimate and desirable, without resorting to coercion or payment", is a central part of contemporary international politics. This text introduces and defines the concept of social power and considers...

    Published March 21st 2010 by Routledge
27. Militainment, Inc.

    War, Media, and Popular Culture

    By Roger Stahl

    Militainment, Inc. offers provocative, sometimes disturbing insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment—or "militainment"—in contemporary American popular culture. War has been the subject of entertainment for centuries, but Roger Stahl argues that a new interactive mode...

    Published November 23rd 2009 by Routledge
28. Winning with Words

    The Origins and Impact of Political Framing

    Edited by Brian F. Schaffner, Patrick J. Sellers

    Today's politicians and political groups devote great attention and care to how their messages are conveyed. From policy debates in Congress to advertising on the campaign trail, they carefully choose which issues to emphasize and how to discuss them in the hope of affecting the opinions and...

    Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
29. 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...

    Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
30. International Communication: A Reader

    Edited by Daya Kishan Thussu

    This comprehensive Reader brings together seminal texts in media and communication from both traditional as well as more recent scholarship. Readings are drawn from an international range of scholars and organized to reflect the growing internationalization of the field, with clearly defined...

    Published July 23rd 2009 by Routledge