Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, and Challenges
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2003), 418 pp.
Contains tables, bibliogr. pp. 408-410, index
Series: Communication, Society and Politics
Signature commbox: 10-Politics-E 2003
INTRODUCTION
1 Comparing political communication: reorientation in a changing world / Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser, 3
I. THEORIES AND METHODS
2 Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and political communication / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, 25
3 Transnational trends in political communication: conventional views and new realities / David L. Swanson, 45
4 Comparing mass communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes / Hans J. Kleinsteuber, 64
5 Designs and methods of comparative political communication research / Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb, 87
II. CASES
6 Global political communication: good governance, human development, and mass communication / Pippa Norris, 115
7 Local political communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization / Sabine Lang, 151
8 Strategic political communication: mobilizing public opinion in "audience democracies" / Hanspeter Kriesi, 184
9 Political campaign communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections / Christina Holtz-Bacha, 213
10 Political communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? / Thomas Zittel, 231
11 Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and political roles in five countries / Wolfgang Donasbach and Thomas E. Patterson, 251
12 Political communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news / Patrick Rössler, 271
13 Political communication effects: the impact of mass media and personal conversations on voting / Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, 293
III. PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
14 State of the art of comparative political communication research: poised for maturity? / Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler, 325
15 From political culture to political communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis / Barbara Pfetsch, 344
16 Problems of comparative political communication research: culture as a key variable / Robert L. Stevenson, 367
17 Meeting the challenges of global communication and political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world / Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch, 384
1 Comparing political communication: reorientation in a changing world / Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser, 3
I. THEORIES AND METHODS
2 Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the convergence of media systems and political communication / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, 25
3 Transnational trends in political communication: conventional views and new realities / David L. Swanson, 45
4 Comparing mass communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes / Hans J. Kleinsteuber, 64
5 Designs and methods of comparative political communication research / Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb, 87
II. CASES
6 Global political communication: good governance, human development, and mass communication / Pippa Norris, 115
7 Local political communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization / Sabine Lang, 151
8 Strategic political communication: mobilizing public opinion in "audience democracies" / Hanspeter Kriesi, 184
9 Political campaign communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections / Christina Holtz-Bacha, 213
10 Political communication and electronic democracy: American exceptionalism or global trend? / Thomas Zittel, 231
11 Political news journalists: partisanship, professionalism, and political roles in five countries / Wolfgang Donasbach and Thomas E. Patterson, 251
12 Political communication messages: pictures of our world on international television news / Patrick Rössler, 271
13 Political communication effects: the impact of mass media and personal conversations on voting / Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, 293
III. PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
14 State of the art of comparative political communication research: poised for maturity? / Michael Gurevitch and Jay G. Blumler, 325
15 From political culture to political communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis / Barbara Pfetsch, 344
16 Problems of comparative political communication research: culture as a key variable / Robert L. Stevenson, 367
17 Meeting the challenges of global communication and political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world / Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch, 384
