The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication

Edited by Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Abstract

An incisive, broad-based overview of political communication, the Oxford Handbook for Political Communication assembles the leading scholars in the field of political communication to answer the question: What do we know and need to know about the process by which humans claim, lose, or share power through symbolic exchanges? Its sixty-three essays address the following five themes: contexts for viewing the field of political communication, political discourse, media and political communication, interpersonal and small group political communication, and the altered political communication landscape. This comprehensive review of the political communication literature is designed to become the first reference for scholars and students interested in the study of how, why, when, and with what effect humans make sense of symbolic exchanges about sharing and shared power.

Keywords: political communication, political theory, mass media and politics, social media and politics, history of political effects, history of political communication, media effects in politics, political discourse, symbolic exchange, media

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Aug 2017

ISBN:: 9780199793471

Published online:: Jan 2014

DOI:: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.001.0001

Editors

Kate Kenski, editor
Kate Kenski (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Arizona where she teaches political communication, public opinion, and research methods. Her book The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election (co-authored with Bruce W. Hardy and Kathleen Hall Jamieson; 2010, Oxford University Press) has won several awards including the 2011 ICA Outstanding Book Award and the 2012 NCA Diamond Anniversary Book Award. Her current research focuses on incivility in online forums and multimedia teaching strategies to mitigate cognitive biases.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, editor
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

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Front Matter
- The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication
- Contributors
Introduction
- Political Communication: Then, Now, and BeyondKathleen Hall Jamieson and Kate Kenski
Contexts for Viewing the Field of Political Communication
- Creating the Hybrid Field of Political Communication: A Five-Decade-Long Evolution of the Concept of EffectsKathleen Hall Jamieson
- The Shape of Political CommunicationJay G. Blumler
- A Typology of Media EffectsShanto Iyengar
- The Power of Political CommunicationMichael Tesler and John Zaller
- Nowhere to Go: Some Dilemmas of Deliberative DemocracyElihu Katz
- How to Think Normatively About News and DemocracyMichael Schudson
Political Discourse: History, Genres, and the Construction of Meaning
- Not a Fourth Estate but a Second LegislatureRoderick P. Hart and Rebecca LaVally
- Presidential AddressKevin Coe
- Political Messages and PartisanshipSharon E. Jarvis
- Political AdvertisingTimothy W. Fallis
- Political Campaign DebatesDavid S. Birdsell
- Niche Communication in Political CampaignsLaura Lazarus Frankel and D. Sunshine Hillygus
- The Functional Theory of Political Campaign CommunicationWilliam L. Benoit
- The Political Uses and Abuses of Civility and Incivility Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Allyson Volinsky, Ilana Weitz, and Kate Kenski
- The Politics of MemoryNicole Maurantonio
Media and Political Communication
- Political Systems, Institutions, and Media
  - Freedom of the Press: Theories and RealitiesDoris A. Graber
  - Press–Government Relations in a Changing Media EnvironmentW. Lance Bennett
  - News Media as Political InstitutionsRobert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard
  - Measuring Spillovers in Markets for Local Public Affairs CoverageJames T. Hamilton
  - Comparative Political Communication ResearchClaes H. de Vreese
  - Media Responsiveness in Times of CrisisCarol Winkler
  - The US Media, Foreign Policy, and Public Support for War Sean Aday
  - Journalism and the Public-Service Model: In Search of an IdealStephen Coleman
- Construction and Effects
  - The Gatekeeping of Political MessagesPamela J. Shoemaker, Philip R. Johnson, and Jaime R. Riccio
  - The Media Agenda: Who (or What) Sets It?David H. Weaver and Jihyang Choi
  - Game versus Substance in Political NewsThomas E. Patterson
  - Going Institutional: The Making of Political CommunicationsLawrence R. Jacobs
  - Theories of Media BiasS. Robert Lichter
  - Digital Media and Perceptions of Source Credibility in Political CommunicationAndrew J. Flanagin and Miriam J. Metzger
  - Candidate Traits and Political Choice Bruce W. Hardy
  - Political Communication, Information Processing, and Social GroupsNicholas Valentino and L. Matthew Vandenbroek
  - Civic Norms and Communication Competence: Pathways to Socialization and CitizenshipDhavan V. Shah, Kjerstin Thorson, Chris Wells, Nam-jin Lee, and Jack McLeod
  - Framing Inequality in Public Policy Discourse: The Nature of ConstraintOscar H. Gandy Jr
  - Political Communication: Insights from Field ExperimentsDonald P. Green, Allison Carnegie, and Joel Middleton
- Political Communication and Cognition
  - Communication Modalities and Political KnowledgeWilliam P. Eveland Jr. and R. Kelly Garrett
  - Selective Exposure Theories Natalie Jomini Stroud
  - The Hostile Media Effect Lauren Feldman
  - Public and Elite Perceptions of News Media in Politics Yariv Tsfati
  - The Media and the Fostering of Political (Dis)TrustMichael Barthel and Patricia Moy
  - Cultivation Theory and the Construction of Political RealityPatrick E. Jamieson and Daniel Romer
  - Uses and GratificationsR. Lance Holbert
  - The State of Framing Research: A Call for New DirectionsDietram A. Scheufele and Shanto Iyengar
  - Agenda-Setting Theory: The Frontier Research QuestionsMaxwell McCombs and Sebastián Valenzuela
  - Implicit Political Attitudes: When, How, Why, With What Effects?Dan Cassino, Milton Lodge, and Charles Taber
  - Affect and Political Choice Ann N. Crigler and Parker R. Hevron
Interpersonal and Small Group Political Communication
- Two-Step Flow, Diffusion, and the Role of Social Networks in Political CommunicationBrian G. Southwell
- Taking Interdependence Seriously: Platforms for Understanding Political CommunicationRobert Huckfeldt
- Disagreement in Political DiscussionLilach Nir
- The Internal Dynamics and Political Power of Small Group Political DeliberationJohn Gastil, Katherine R. Knobloch, and Jason Gilmore
- Ethnography of Politics and Political Communication: Studies in Sociology and Political ScienceEeva Luhtakallio and Nina Eliasoph
- Self-censorship, the Spiral of Silence, and Contemporary Political CommunicationAndrew F. Hayes and Jörg Matthes
- Collective Intelligence: The Wisdom and Foolishness of Deliberating GroupsJoseph N. Cappella, Jingwen Zhang, and Vincent Price
The Altered Political Communication Landscape
- Broadcasting versus Narrowcasting: Do Mass Media Exist in the Twenty-First Century? Miriam J. Metzger
- Online News Consumption in the United States and Ideological Extremism Kenneth M. Winneg, Daniel M. Butler, Saar Golde, Darwin W. Miller III, and Norman H. Nie
- New Media and Political Campaigns Diana Owen
- Political Discussion and Deliberation Online Jennifer Stromer-Galley
- The Political Effects of Entertainment MediaMichael X. Delli Carpini
- Theories and Effects of Political Humor: Discounting Cues, Gateways, and the Impact of Incongruities Dannagal G. Young
- Music as Political CommunicationJohn Street
- Conditions for Political Accountability in a High-Choice Media EnvironmentMarkus Prior
Conclusion
- Political Communication: Looking AheadKate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
End Matter
- Index

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The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication

Edited by Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Abstract

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