Politics, Media and Political Communication
About the Book Series
This book series addresses the intersection of politics, the media and political communication, exploring how they impact each other globally.
To submit a proposal for this series, please contact the Commissioning Editor, Lydia de Cruz ([email protected]).
Against Post-Truth: An Empirical-Theoretical Inquiry into News Media
1st Edition
By Matteo De Toffoli
May 29, 2026
Against Post-Truth: An Empirical-Theoretical Inquiry into News Media delivers a refreshingly critical perspective on the post-truth debate, challenging the naturalized status of this concept as an epochal crisis in contemporary epistemology, media and politics. By subverting the very logic behind ...
The Political Economy of Alternative Media
1st Edition
By Sandra Jeppesen, Emily Faubert, iowyth hezel ulthiin, Christopher Petersen
April 08, 2026
The Political Economy of Alternative Media provides in-depth insights into media practices used by grassroots projects to organize, produce, and distribute the media that supports and reports on social movements. The book is based on five years of participatory research with intersectional media ...
Adolescence, Identity, and the Politics of Recognition in the Social Media Era: Being and Becoming After the Algorithmic Turn
1st Edition
By Rachel Anna Billington
March 23, 2026
Adolescence, Identity, and the Politics of Recognition in the Social Media Era explores the political identity formation of adolescents online, with a focus on recognition theory, affect, and lived experiences of belonging and non-belonging. In a socio-political moment characterised by culture wars...
State Capture through Media Clientelism in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges to Normative Power Europe
1st Edition
By Aleksandra Dragojlov
February 24, 2026
State Capture through Media Clientelism in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges to Normative Power Europe contributes to the understanding of the rise of stabilitocracies and competitive authoritarian regimes in the Western Balkans by examining the case of freedom and independence of the ...
Authoritarian Populism and the Challenges for News Journalism: A Discourse Approach
1st Edition
By Mats Ekström, Marianna Patrona
December 26, 2025
Authoritarian Populism and the Challenges for News Journalism: A Discourse Approach is a cutting‑edge study of the practices of news journalism against the background of surging authoritarian populism. This book traces key challenges for news journalism when reporting on authoritarian populism or ...
Media Literacy and E-Democracy in the EU
1st Edition
By Mateja Rek
November 20, 2025
Media Literacy and E-Democracy in the EU examines the crucial role of media literacy in strengthening e-democracy within the European Union (EU). In an era where digital media increasingly shape democratic processes, the EU faces both new opportunities and challenges in promoting active citizenship...
How Disinformation Ruins Public Diplomacy: Unfair Competition
1st Edition
By Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez
May 12, 2025
How Disinformation Ruins Public Diplomacy evaluates and analyzes how Chinese and Russian public diplomacy strategies differ from the existing academic literature and debates, specifically in the context of the new disinformation era. In the context of mediatized public diplomacy, disinformation, ...
Risk Communication and COVID-19: Governmental Communication and Management of Pandemic
1st Edition
Edited
By Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor, Darren Lilleker
December 31, 2024
Risk Communication and COVID-19 explores the “risk communication” responses by national governments to the outbreak and global spread of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus. The book focuses on 17 country case studies, representing countries all around the world, covering a range of democratic and ...
Elections and Social Networks around the World
1st Edition
Edited
By Erica Guevara, Anaïs Theviot
October 28, 2024
This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the non‑technological particularities (political, electoral, social, economic, cultural) of the media configurations of different countries. Political parties all over the world engage in...
Changes in Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the "Islamic State": From Transnational Jihad to Fragmentation
1st Edition
By Christina Hartmann
May 27, 2024
Changes in Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the "Islamic State" explores how the transnational jihadi discourse changed with the development of the "Islamic State" terrorist group and resulted in the fragmentation of the jihadi movement. From the Middle East, through Africa to South East Asia, today...
The International Politics of Logos: Colours, Symbols, Cues, and Identities
1st Edition
By Matteo C.M. Casiraghi, Eugenio Cusumano
December 12, 2023
The International Politics of Logos provides the first systematic analysis of logos and the role they play in international politics. Whilst there is growing scholarly interest in visual politics, logos have largely remained hidden in plain sight despite being the most important symbol of a variety...
The Capitol Riots: Digital Media, Disinformation, and Democracy Under Attack
1st Edition
By Sandra Jeppesen, Michael Hoechsmann, iowyth hezel ulthiin, David VanDyke, Miranda McKee
May 10, 2022
The Capitol Riots maps out the events of the January 6, 2021 insurrectionary riots at the United States Capitol building, providing context for understanding the contributing factors and ongoing implications of the uprising. This definitive text explores the rise of populism, disinformation, ...