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political advertising  

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  • Political advertising encompasses a broad array of strategies in which paid media is used to communicate political messages to the public. Although most commonly associated with candidates' campaign commercials, political advertising has developed into a massive industry in which various political actors (e.g., parties, advocacy groups) use a host of media such as radio, television, and the Internet to deliver carefully packaged messages directly to voters. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Advertising, Political]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_advertising

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