Sage Handbook Of Political Communication, The

Description:
'The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication' provides a scholarly review of the major research and topic areas associated with the field and sets the agenda for future study in this important and fast-growing discipline. The handbook is comprised of thirty nine chapters authored by international experts and divided into five sections. Part one explores the macro-level influences on political communication research such as media industry, technology, and political systems. The second section takes a grassroots perspective on the influences on political communication research. The third section discusses methodological advances in political communication research. The fourth focuses on power and how it is conceptualized in political communication research. The fifth and final sections presents political communication in various contexts including national, regional and international comparisons. 'The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication' will be an essential resource for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of politics, media and communication, sociology and research methods.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND INFLUENCE Media Fragmentation - Diana Owen The Future of News - Russell Neumann Political Organizations and Campaigning Online - Rachel Gibson Visual Communication - Kevin Barnhurst The Normative and Philosophical Foundations of Political Communication - Scott Althaus PART TWO: CITIZENSHIP Entertainment and Political Learning - Michael Delli-Carpini New Media - Bruce Bimber Personal Networks and Political Socialization - Jack McLeod Knowledge and Visual Learning - Doris A Graber Digital Dialogues and Mobilization Online - Vincent Price PART THREE: METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES Explaining Difference and Change in Civic Engagement - Dhavan Shah Analyzing Moods and Emotion - Ann Crigler Experiments and Surveys Online - Shanto Iyengar The Impact of Political Advertising in the US - Ken Goldstein Advances in Internet Research - Matthew Hindman The Impact of Negative Campaigning - Kim Fridkin and Patrick Kenny Methodological Approaches to Research on Framing - Claes de Vreese PART FOUR: POWER AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Understanding the Content of News Media - Steven Reese Social Networks and Political Knowledge - William Eveland Media, Conflict and Peace - Gadi Wolfsfeld From Impersonal to Personal Influence - Diana Mutz Social Movements - Stefaan Walgrave The Power of Rhetoric - Vanessa Beasley Political Communication during War and Conflict - Piers Robinson Popular Culture and Political Communication - John Street Advances in Agenda-Setting and Priming Research - Jamie N Druckman Political Marketing - Margaret Scammell PART FIVE: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL CONTEXTS: CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH Comparing Media Systems - Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini Political Communication and Development in the World's Poorest Countries - Pippa Norris Rhetoric of Reconciliation: South Africa - Eric Doxtader News, Power and US Foreign Policy - Robert Entman Inventing the Public: How US News Organizations Use Polls to Dramatize Democracy - W Lance Bennett Grassroots Political Communication in India - Christine Garlough Arabic Al-Jazeera, Transnational Identity and Influence - Sam Cherribi Currents of Change in China - Zhongdang Pan Democratizaton and Political Communication in South Korea - June Woong Rhee and Eun Mee Kim Post-Soviet Political Communication - Sarah Oates Latin American Media and Democratization - Silvio Waisboard The Parameters of Political Debate in the European Union - Holli A Semetko