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Power in Ideas
A Case-Based Argument for Taking Ideas Seriously in Political Communication
Av Kirsten Adams, Daniel Kreiss
Häftad, 2021
308 kr
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This Element develops an analytical framework for understanding the role of ideas in political life and communication. Power in Ideas argues that the empirical study of ideas should combine interpretive approaches to derive meaning and understand influence with quantitative analysis to help …
Social Media Democracy Mirage
How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy
Av Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Hugo Marcos Marné m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and to participate politically. Building on two …
Digital Transformations of the Public Arena
Av Andreas Jungherr, Ralph Schroeder
Häftad, 2022
282 kr
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Digital technologies have changed the public arena, but there is little scholarly consensus about how they have done so. This Element lays out a new framework for the digitally mediated public arena by identifying structural changes and continuities with the pre-digital era. It examines three …
Angry and Wrong
The Emotional Dynamics of Partisan Media and Political Misperceptions
Av Brian Weeks
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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Use of partisan media is often associated with political misperceptions but little research has investigated whether partisan media can change beliefs and, if so, the mechanism through which that process occurs. This Element argues that political anger provides one key theoretical link between …
Constructing Political Expertise in the News
Av Kathleen Searles, Yanna Krupnikov m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
418 kr
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Expert news sources offer context and act as translators, communicating complex policy issues to the public. Therefore, these sources have implications for who, and what is elevated and legitimized by news coverage. This element considers patterns in expert sources, focusing on a particular area of …
The YouTube Apparatus
Av Kevin Munger
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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The academic agenda for studying social media and politics has been somewhat haphazard. Thanks to rapid technological change, a cascade of policy-relevant crises, and sheer scale, we do not have a coherent framework for deciding what questions to ask. This Element articulates such a framework by …
Political Representation as Communicative Practice
Av Fabio Wolkenstein, Christopher Wratil
Häftad, 2025
308 kr
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It is uncontroversial that the quality of democracy is closely bound up with the quality of political representation. But what exactly is political representation and how should we study it? This Element develops a novel conceptual framework for studying political representation that makes the …
The YouTube Apparatus
Av Kevin Munger
Inbunden, 2024
892 kr
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The academic agenda for studying social media and politics has been somewhat haphazard. Thanks to rapid technological change, a cascade of policy-relevant crises, and sheer scale, we do not have a coherent framework for deciding what questions to ask. This Element articulates such a framework by …
How News Coverage of Misinformation Shapes Perceptions and Trust
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Element takes on two related questions: How do the media cover the issue of misinformation, and how does exposure to this coverage affect public perceptions, including trust? A content analysis shows that most media coverage explicitly blames social media for the problem, and two experiments …
How News Coverage of Misinformation Shapes Perceptions and Trust
Inbunden, 2024
892 kr
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This Element takes on two related questions: How do the media cover the issue of misinformation, and how does exposure to this coverage affect public perceptions, including trust? A content analysis shows that most media coverage explicitly blames social media for the problem, and two experiments …
Catching Fire in the News
The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms
Av Amber E. Boydstun, Jill R. Laufer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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Why do some events catch fire in the news, producing a media storm, while many similar events go all but unnoticed? This Element uses a fire triangle analogy to explain the necessary conditions of media storms. The "heat" is the spark: a dramatic event or discovery. The "fuel" is the political and …
Catching Fire in the News
The Necessary Conditions for Media Storms
Av Amber E. Boydstun, Jill R. Laufer m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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Why do some events catch fire in the news, producing a media storm, while many similar events go all but unnoticed? This Element uses a fire triangle analogy to explain the necessary conditions of media storms. The "heat" is the spark: a dramatic event or discovery. The "fuel" is the political and …
Social Media Democracy Mirage
How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy
Av Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Hugo Marcos Marné m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and to participate politically. Building on two …
Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality
Av Daniel S. Lane, Emilija Gagrčin m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
308 kr
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Inequality is an essential concept for understanding the impact of digital media on political life. This Element offers an empirical portrait of digital political inequality globally. We find that gaps in online political information reception and engagement are prevalent worldwide and growing over …
Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality
Av Daniel S. Lane, Emilija Gagrčin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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Inequality is an essential concept for understanding the impact of digital media on political life. This Element offers an empirical portrait of digital political inequality globally. We find that gaps in online political information reception and engagement are prevalent worldwide and growing over …
Angry and Wrong
The Emotional Dynamics of Partisan Media and Political Misperceptions
Av Brian Weeks
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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Use of partisan media is often associated with political misperceptions but little research has investigated whether partisan media can change beliefs and, if so, the mechanism through which that process occurs. This Element argues that political anger provides one key theoretical link between …
Political Representation as Communicative Practice
Av Fabio Wolkenstein, Christopher Wratil
Inbunden, 2025
911 kr
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It is uncontroversial that the quality of democracy is closely bound up with the quality of political representation. But what exactly is political representation and how should we study it? This Element develops a novel conceptual framework for studying political representation that makes the …
Emotions on Our Screens
Av Talbot M. Andrews, Lauren P. Olson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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While scholars have long considered how political messages make people feel, changes in the media environment have given people unprecedented access to the expressed emotions of others. Through both contemporary news stories and social media, people now learn how others - often strangers - feel …
Emotions on Our Screens
Av Talbot M. Andrews, Lauren P. Olson m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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While scholars have long considered how political messages make people feel, changes in the media environment have given people unprecedented access to the expressed emotions of others. Through both contemporary news stories and social media, people now learn how others - often strangers - feel …
News Use, Political Knowledge, and Misperceptions in 18 Countries across the Global North
Av Peter Van Aelst, Luisa Gehle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1048 kr
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The established idea that people learn about politics and relevant societal issues via the news media can be put into question because of a 'twin challenge of increased media choice.' First, there is a growing number of people who choose to avoid most news which leaves them uninformed about what is …
News Use, Political Knowledge, and Misperceptions in 18 Countries across the Global North
Av Peter Van Aelst, Luisa Gehle m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
324 kr
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The established idea that people learn about politics and relevant societal issues via the news media can be put into question because of a 'twin challenge of increased media choice.' First, there is a growing number of people who choose to avoid most news which leaves them uninformed about what is …
Amplifying Extremism
Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism
Av Nik Usher, Jessica C. Hagman
Häftad, 2025
261 kr
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Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in Illinois toward …
Amplifying Extremism
Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism
Av Nik Usher, Jessica C. Hagman
Inbunden, 2025
829 kr
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Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in Illinois toward …
Who Follows Whom?
The Role of Geography and Similarity in Online Attention Networks
Av Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Zhen Guo m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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Follower ties play a major role in many social media platforms, representing users' choices on what content to pay attention to. This Element examines the role of geography and similarity by gender, age, race, and partisanship with respect to attention in social media by studying the follower ties …
Who Follows Whom?
The Role of Geography and Similarity in Online Attention Networks
Av Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Zhen Guo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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Follower ties play a major role in many social media platforms, representing users' choices on what content to pay attention to. This Element examines the role of geography and similarity by gender, age, race, and partisanship with respect to attention in social media by studying the follower ties …
Battleground
Asymmetric Communication Ecologies and the Erosion of Civil Society in Wisconsin
Av Lewis A. Friedland, Dhavan V. Shah m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
308 kr
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Battleground models Wisconsin's contentious political communication ecology: the way that politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline. Drawing from 10 years of interviews, news and social media content, and state-wide surveys, we …
Economic News
Antecedents and Effects
Av Rens Vliegenthart, Alyt Damstra m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
311 kr
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This Element provides a concise review of the existing literature on content, antecedents and consequences of economic news coverage. It tests and refines prominent assumptions and hypotheses in this area. Relying on communication science theories such as framing, news values and media dependency …
Home Style Opinion
How Local Newspapers Can Slow Polarization
Av Joshua P. Darr, Matthew P. Hitt m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
308 kr
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Local newspapers can hold back the rising tide of political division in America by turning away from the partisan battles in Washington and focusing their opinion page on local issues. When a local newspaper in California dropped national politics from its opinion page, the resulting space filled …
The Increasing Viability of Good News
Av Stuart Soroka, Yanna Krupnikov
Häftad, 2021
317 kr
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In spite of what appears to be the increasingly negative tone of media coverage, this Element suggests that the prevalence of positive news is likely to increase, for three reasons: (1) valence-based asymmetries vary over time, (2) valence-based asymmetries vary across individuals, and (3) …
