Description
Book SynopsisThis volume presents work from young scholars in two disciplines - communication and political science - on how modern election campaigns are affected by such forces as communication technology, the decline of political parties, a growing culture of cynicism and the rise of the Internet.
Trade ReviewThis book lives up to its promise of establishing new agendas for research in the rapidly-growing field of political communication and elections. Impressive in its scope, vision, and intellectual excitement, this is an important source for all scholars of elections and democracy. -- W Lance Bennett, University of Washington
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Communicating and Electing Part 2 Part I: Informing the Modern Electorate Chapter 3 Democracy for Some? How Political Talk Informs and Polarizes the Electorate Chapter 4 Who's Voted in When the People Tune Out? Information Effects in Congressional Elections Part 5 Part II: Media Frames in Contemporary Campaigns Chapter 6 The Collision of Convictions: Value-Framing and Value Judgments Chapter 7 A Unified Method for Analyzing Media Framing Part 8 Part III: Interpersonal Judgments and Electoral Outcomes Chapter 9 Voter Uncertainty and Candidate Contact: New Influences on Voting Behavior Chapter 10 Declining Trust and a Shrinking Policy Agenda: Why Media Scholars Should Care Part 11 Part IV: U.S. Campaigns and Group Identities Chapter 12 Imagining Political Parties: A Constructionist Approach Chapter 13 The Mass Media and Group Priming in American Elections Part 14 Part V: New Modes of Campaign Influence Chapter 15 The Outside Game: Congressional Communication and Party Strategy Chapter 16 Internet Politics: A Survey of Practices Chapter 17 Political Advertising and Popular Culture in the Televisual Age
