Author: Esser, Frank ; & Pfetsch, Barbara ; editors;
Title: Comparing Political Communication : Theories, Cases, and Challenges
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004. orig.boards. 23x16cm, xvi,418 pp, Series: Communication, Society, and Politics.. Minor running. A large stain to rear cover. Good. ¶ Contains 17 papers. Includes: Introduction: Comparing political communication: Reorientation in a changing world; Theories and methods: Americanization, globalization; and secularization: Understanding the convergence of media systems and political communication; Transnational trends in political communication: Conventional views and new realities; Comparing mass communication systems: Media formats, media contents, and media process; Designs and method of comparative political communication research; Cases: Global political communication: Good governance, human development, and mass communication; Local political communication: Media and local publics in the age of globalization; Strategic political communication: Mobilizing public opinion in "Audience Democracies"; Political compaign communication: Conditional convergence of modern media elections; Political communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend?; Political news journalists: Partisanship, Professionalism, and political roles in five countries; Political communication messages: Pictures of our world on international television news; Political communication effects: The impact of mass media and personal conversations on voting; Perspectives and challenges: State of the art of comparative political communication research: Poised for maturity?; From polituical culture to political communications culture: A theoretical approach to comparative analysis; problems of comparative political communication research: culture as a key variable...

Keywords: Comparative Politics, Mass Communications, Political History, Communication, Media, , , ,