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9781509553587

Platforms, Power, and Politics An Introduction to Political Communication in the Digital Age

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    9781509553587

  • ISBN10:

    1509553584

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2023-12-11
  • Publisher: Polity

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Summary

Political Communication has fundamentally transformed as digital technologies have become increasingly important in everyday life. Technology platforms have become powerful political instruments for world leaders, campaigns, social movements, journalists, and non-governmental organizations. Moreover, they are essential to how people communicate about politics, encounter and share political information, and take action to pursue their political goals.

This is the first textbook to center digital platforms in understanding political communication. Taking a global approach beyond the context of Western democracies, the text reveals how digital technologies like social media and search engines are increasingly shaping political communication in countries around the world. It shows how the core concepts, theories and processes of political communication are being reshaped by platforms, from how elections are contested to how issues make it onto policymaking agendas. Topics covered include public opinion, journalism, strategic communication, political parties, social movements, governance, disinformation, propaganda, populism, race, ethnicity, and democratic backsliding.

Full of lively examples and pedagogical features, Platforms, Power and Politics offers an exciting and innovative new approach to political communication. It is essential reading for students of political communication and an important resource for scholars, journalists and policymakers.

Author Biography

Ulrike Klinger is Professor of Political Theory and Digital Democracy at the European University Viadrina and Associated Researcher at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin.
Daniel Kreiss is the Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a principal researcher of the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life.
Bruce Mutsvairo is a Full Professor and Chair in Media, Politics and the Global South at Utrecht University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments


Chapter 1: Introduction: Political Communication in the Platform Era


Chapter 2: Definitions and Variations of Political Communication


Chapter 3: Platforms and their Power


Chapter 4: Platforms, Public Spheres, and Public Opinion


Chapter 5: Platforms and Journalism


Chapter 6: Platforms and Strategic Political Communication


Chapter 7: Platforms, Campaigns and Campaigning


Chapter 8: Platforms and Movements


Chapter 9: Platform Governance


Chapter 10: Platforms, Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda


Chapter 11: Platforms and Populism, Radicalism, and Extremism


Chapter 12: Platforms, Politics, and Entertainment


Chapter 13: Conclusion: Platforms and the Future of Political Communication


Revision: Chapter Objectives Revisited



References


Index

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