The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication

Holli A Semetko Emory University, USA Margaret Scammell London School of Economics, UK

Hardcover: $150.00 Discount Price: $120.00 ISBN: 978-1-8478-7439-9 May 2012, 544 pages

This authoritative and comprehensive survey of political communication draws together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study. It is divided into five sections: Part One: explores the macro-level influences on political communication such as the media industry, new media, technology, and political systems Part Two: takes a grassroots perspective of the influences of social networks - real and online - on political communication Part Three: discusses methodological advances in political communication research Part Four: focuses on power and how it is conceptualized in political communication Part Five: provides an international, regional, and comparative understanding of political communication in its various contexts The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of politics, media and communication, sociology and research methods.

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Holli A. Semetko and Margaret Scammell Introduction: The Expanding Field of 20. Stephen D. Reese and Jae Kook Lee Understanding the Content of News Media Political Communication in the Era of Continuous Connectivity 21. Debra Spitulnik Vidali and Mark Allen Peterson Ethnography as Theory and PART ONE Method in the Study of Political Communication 1. Michael X. Delli Carpini Entertainment Media and the Political Engagement of 22. Kevin G. Barnhurst and Kelly Quinn Political Visions: Visual Studies in Political Citizens Communication 2. Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart Do Cosmopolitan Communications Threaten 23. Claes H. de Vreese and Sophie Lecheler News Framing Research: An Overview Traditional Moral Values? and New Developments 3. Fred Fletcher and Mary Lynn Young Political Communication in a Changing Media 24. Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman Dynamics in Mass Communication Environment Effects Research 4. Richard Davis Blogging and the Future of News PART FOUR 5. Rachel K. Gibson and Stephen Ward Political Organizations and Campaigning 25. Sean Aday, Robert M. Entman and Steven Livingston Media, Power and U.S. Online Foreign Policy 6. John Street Popular Culture and Political Communication 26. Piers Robinson News Media and War 7. Mara Jos Canel and Karen Sanders Government Communication: An Emerging 27. Vanessa B Beasley The Power of Rhetoric: Understanding Political Oratory Field in Political Communication Research 28. Jisuk Woo, Min-Gyu Kim, Joohan Kim The Power of Everyday Conversations: 8. Scott L. Althaus What's Good and Bad in Political Communication Research? Mediating the Effects of Media Use on Policy Understanding Normative Standards for Evaluating Media and Citizen Performance 29. Holli A. Semetko, Margaret Scammell and Andrew Kerner Leaders on the PART TWO Campaign Trail: The Impact of Television News on Perceptions of Party Leaders in 9. Bruce Bimber Digital Media and Citizenship British General Elections 10. W. Lance Bennett, Deen G Freelon, Muzammil Hussain, Chris Wells Digital 30. Rens Vliegenthart and Stefaan Walgrave The Interdependency of Mass Media Media and Youth Engagement and Social Movements 11. Stephen Coleman and Jay G. Blumler The Internet and Citizenship: Democratic PART FIVE Opportunity or More of the Same? 31. Diana Owen Media Consolidation, Fragmentation and Selective Exposure in the US 12. Doris A. Graber and Gregory G. Holyk Civic Knowledge and Audiovisual Learning 32. June Woong Rhee and Eun-mee Kim Democratization and the Changing Media 13. Susan A. Banducci with Elisabeth Gidengil and Joanna Everitt Women as Environment in South Korea Political Communicators: Candidates and Campaigns 33. Xian Zhou The Changing Landscape of Political Communications in China 14. Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney The Impact of Negative Campaigning on 34. Silvio Waisboard Political Communication in Latin America Citizens' Actions and Attitudes 35. Hubert Tworzecki Political Communication and Media Effects in the Context of New 15. Kees Aarts and Holli A. Semetko Changes in European Public Service Democracies of East-Central Europe Broadcasting: Potential Consequences for Political Knowledge, Attitudes and 36. Sarah Oates Post-Soviet Political Communication Behavior 37. Sam Cherribi Al-Jazeera Arabic, Transnational Identity and Influence 16. Jack M. McLeod and Nam-Jin Lee Social Networks, Public Discussion, and Civic 38. Christine Garlough Grassroots Political Communication in India: Women's Engagement: A Socialization Perspective Movements, Vernacular Rhetoric and Street Play Performance PART THREE 39. Ian Glenn and Robert Mattes Political Communication in Post-Apartheid South 17. Ann N. Crigler and Marion R. Just Measuring Affect, Emotion and Mood in Political Africa Communication 40. Paolo Mancini and Daniel C. Hallin Some Caveats about Comparative Research 18. Shanto Iyengar and Lynn Vavreck Online Panels and the Future of Political in Media Studies Communication Research 41. Richard Tait Never Waste A Good Crisis: The British Phone Hacking Scandal and 19. William P. Eveland, Jr., Myiah J. Hutchens and Alyssa C. Morey Social its Implications for Politics and the Press Networks and Political Knowledge

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Semetko, SAGE Handbook of Political Communication Discount Price: $120.00 Hardcover: ISBN-13: 978-1-8478-7439-9