Political Communication Books

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1. An Introduction to Political Communication, 5th Edition

   By Brian McNair

   In this classic textbook, Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, NGOs and terrorist organisations make use of the media. Separate chapters look at the theory of political communication and its role in a democracy; the political media and their effects; political...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59644-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Persuasion in Society: Second Edition

   By Herbert W Simons, Jean Jones

   Persuasion in Society combines contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism with social scientific theory and research to help readers understand and practice more effective persuasion. Features include the presentation of a dual perspective – the persuader and persuadee; integration of...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-96514-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Discourse and Democracy

   By Michael Farrelly

   In this new study, Farrelly gives a critical examination of democracy as it is conceived and practiced in contemporary advanced liberal nations. The received wisdom on democracy is probelmatized through a close analysis of discourse in combination with critical theories of democracy and of...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-87235-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political Communication

   By Gadi Wolfsfeld

   Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. Political coverage does not occur in a vacuum, however. One of the central concerns of political communication has to do with the myriad ways in which politics has an impact on the news media and...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-88523-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Attention, Please!: Choreographing Attention with the Tools of Digital Distraction

   By Eric Gordon, David Bogen

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-88024-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Campaigning in the Twenty-First Century: A Whole New Ballgame?

   By Dennis W. Johnson

   So much has changed during the past decade in political campaigning that we can almost say "it's a whole new ball game." This book analyzes the way campaigns were traditionally run and the extraordinary changes that have occurred in the last decade. Dennis W. Johnson looks at the most sophisticated...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-80038-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Strategy in Information and Influence Campaigns: How Policy Advocates, Social Movements, Insurgent Groups, Corporations, Governments and Others Get What They Want

   By Jarol B. Manheim

   Information and influence campaigns are a particularly cogent example of the broader phenomenon we now term strategic political communication. If we think of political communication as encompassing the creation, distribution, control, use, processing and effects of information as a political...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-88729-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Sourcebook for Political Communication Research: Methods, Measures, and Analytical Techniques

   By Erik P. Bucy, R. Lance Holbert

   The Sourcebook for Political Communication Research offers a comprehensive resource for current research methods, measures, and analytical techniques. The contents herein cover the major analytical techniques used in political communication research, including surveys, experiments, content analysis...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-96495-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters

   Edited by John Allen 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...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-87979-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Political Communication, Media and Constitution-building in Europe: The Search for a Public Sphere

    Edited by Paul Statham, Hans-Jörg Trenz

    This book explores EU-constitution making in relation to the contested nature of the EU-polity and the social responsiveness of the citizens and people in Europe and demonstrates that media communication is central to comprehend the scope of legitimacy of the European Union. The authors argue...

    September 2010 | 978-0-415-58466-1 | Hardback (Routledge)