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A seminal shift has taken place in the relationship between
Internet usage and politics. At the turn of the century, it was
presumed that digital communication would produce many positive
political effects like improvements to political information
retrieval, support for public debate and community formation or
even enhancements in citizen participation in political
decision-making. While there have been positive effects, negative
effects have also occurred including fake news and other political
disinformation, social media appropriation by terrorists and
extremists, 'echo-chambers' and "filter bubbles", elections
influenced by hostile hackers and campaign manipulation by
micro-targeting marketing. It is time for critical re-evaluation.
Designed to encourage critical thinking on the part of the student,
internationally recognized experts, Jan A.G.M. van Dijk and Kenneth
Hacker, chronicle the political significance of new communication
technologies for the promotion of democracy over the last two
decades. Drawing upon structuration theory and network theory and
real-world case studies from across the globe, the book is
logically structured around the following topics: Political
Participation and Inclusion Habermas and the Reconstruction of
Public Space Media and Democracy in Authoritarian States Democracy
and the Internet in China E-government and democracy Views of
democracy and Internet use Underpinned by up-to-date literature,
this important textbook is aimed at students and scholars of
communication studies, political science, sociology, political
communication, and international relations.
A seminal shift has taken place in the relationship between
Internet usage and politics. At the turn of the century, it was
presumed that digital communication would produce many positive
political effects like improvements to political information
retrieval, support for public debate and community formation or
even enhancements in citizen participation in political
decision-making. While there have been positive effects, negative
effects have also occurred including fake news and other political
disinformation, social media appropriation by terrorists and
extremists, 'echo-chambers' and "filter bubbles", elections
influenced by hostile hackers and campaign manipulation by
micro-targeting marketing. It is time for critical re-evaluation.
Designed to encourage critical thinking on the part of the student,
internationally recognized experts, Jan A.G.M. van Dijk and Kenneth
Hacker, chronicle the political significance of new communication
technologies for the promotion of democracy over the last two
decades. Drawing upon structuration theory and network theory and
real-world case studies from across the globe, the book is
logically structured around the following topics: Political
Participation and Inclusion Habermas and the Reconstruction of
Public Space Media and Democracy in Authoritarian States Democracy
and the Internet in China E-government and democracy Views of
democracy and Internet use Underpinned by up-to-date literature,
this important textbook is aimed at students and scholars of
communication studies, political science, sociology, political
communication, and international relations.
This timely volume is an engaging look at presidential candidate
images, featuring a wide range of essays that dissect how these
images are formed and manipulated during campaigns. As more and
more emphasis is placed on a candidates persona and how it affects
our voting decisions, Kenneth Hackers book provides a variety of
frameworks and cases for analyzing candidate images in past,
current, and future elections.
This timely volume is an engaging look at presidential candidate
images, featuring a wide range of essays that dissect how these
images are formed and manipulated during campaigns. As more and
more emphasis is placed on a candidates persona and how it affects
our voting decisions, Kenneth Hackers book provides a variety of
frameworks and cases for analyzing candidate images in past,
current, and future elections.
Since Nimmo and Savage's groundbreaking work, "Candidates and
Their ImageS" (1976), there has been no book dedicated solely to
the examination of political candidate images. This volume adds to
the development of the candidate image construct initiated by Nimmo
and Savage. It provides a compendium of state-of-the-art theory and
research of candidate images and image formation in the U.S.
presidential elections. The contributors to this work, among the
best-known in the field of political communication, describe and
explain how presidential election results hinge on voter
perceptions of candidates and how candidates seek to construct
images that attract the most votes. The volume integrates issues of
voter decision-making, media messages, campaigning, debate effects,
and political advertising into the development of political
communication theory. It will be a valuable resource for scholars
and students of political communication.
Since Nimmo and Savage's groundbreaking work, "Candidates and
Their Images" (1976), there has been no book dedicated solely to
the examination of political candidate images. This volume adds to
the development of the candidate image construct initiated by Nimmo
and Savage. It provides a compendium of state-of-the-art theory and
research of candidate images and image formation in the U.S.
presidential elections. The contributors to this work, among the
best-known in the field of political communication, describe and
explain how presidential election results hinge on voter
perceptions of candidates and how candidates seek to construct
images that attract the most votes. The volume integrates issues of
voter decision-making, media messages, campaigning, debate effects,
and political advertising into the development of political
communication theory. It will be a valuable resource for scholars
and students of political communication.
Digital Democracy offers an invaluable in-depth explanation of what issues of theory and application are most important to the emergence and development of computer-mediated communication systems for political purposes. It addresses how the Internet, and computer-mediated political communication are affecting democracy and focuses on the various theoretical and practical issues involved in digital democracy.
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