Concept information
Preferred term
political communications
Definition
- Political communication is concerned with the role of communication within the political process. Consequently, the development of new forms of mass media at the turn of the twentieth century foreshadowed significant changes in the study and practice of this phenomenon. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Political Communication]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- advocacy groups
- books, films, journals, television
- campaign advertising
- Congress and journalism
- coverage of federal government
- coverage of presidential families
- coverage of presidential scandals
- coverage of presidents
- coverage of state and local government
- crisis rhetoric
- democracy, democratization
- education and nonprofit organizations
- election coverage
- elections
- equal time
- fake news
- First Amendment
- framing and public opinion
- Freedom of Information Acts
- government operations and institutions
- jeremiad
- key people in political communication
- law and regulation
- media
- news conferences
- political action committees
- political advertising
- political attitudes
- political campaigns
- political caroonists
- political communication theory
- political debates
- political discourse
- political events
- political groups and organizations
- political issues
- political journalism
- political reporters
- political satirists
- post-truth
- press and government relations
- press pools
- propaganda
- rhetoric
- spin
- Supreme Court and journalism
- two-step flow of communication
- women in politics
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_communications
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