Routledge Research in Political Communication
Trolling Democracy: How Trolls Distort Digital Discourse
1st Edition
By J. Benjamin Taylor, Sean Richey
August 08, 2025
The Internet is a hub for gathering political information and accounts for significant political activity; however, social interactions online are often disrupted by trolling. As digital democracy continues to evolve, understanding trolling is crucial for developing strategies to foster a healthier...
Radically Civil: Saving Democracy One Conversation at a Time
1st Edition
By Robert Danisch, William Keith
December 19, 2024
If you feel like the world has gone to hell in a handbasket, you’re not alone. If you often feel there’s nothing you can do about it, you’re also not alone. Along with this increasing anger, fear, and frustration, much confusion still prevails on the appropriate communication practices for ...
Discursive Disruption, Populist Communication and Democracy: The Cases of Hugo Chávez and Donald J. Trump
1st Edition
By Elena Block
September 25, 2023
In Discursive Disruption, Populist Communication and Democracy, Elena Block explores the links between declining democratic discourses, populist communication, and reflects on the communicative and moral dimensions of populism. Block proposes the concept of discursive disruption to help to identify...
Political Leadership, Nations and Charisma
1st Edition
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By Vivian Ibrahim, Margit Wunsch
June 16, 2017
This ground-breaking and innovative book examines the influence of charisma on power, authority and nationalism. The authors both apply and challenge Max Weber’s concept of ‘charisma’ and integrate it into a broader discussion of other theoretical models. Using an interdisciplinary approach, ...
Political Communication Online: Structures, Functions, and Challenges
1st Edition
By Ognyan Seizov
May 31, 2016
The impact of the Internet on political communication has been significant and multifaceted: it expanded the reach of political messages; opened the floodgates of decontextualization and intercultural misunderstanding; made room for new genres and forms; and allowed for the incorporation of every ...
Political Marketing: Strategic 'Campaign Culture'
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By Kostas Gouliamos, Antonis Theocharous, Bruce I. Newman
August 25, 2015
A guiding principle in creating Political Marketing has been to examine the ways in which culture, politics, and society interrelate in the field of political marketing. In the course of the book, the editors and contributors consider ‘culture’ as a distinctive concept with transformative ...
Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context: Views from the cloud
1st Edition
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By Paul Nixon, Rajash Rawal, Dan Mercea
July 16, 2015
For many years now we have witnessed the developing use of the internet and associated technologies by political actors and organisations. Claims and counter claims have been made as its suitability as a tool to help in the struggle to re-invigorate political participation in democracies across the...
Digital World: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights
1st Edition
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By Gillian Youngs
February 27, 2015
The Internet and digital technologies have changed the world we live in and the ways we engage with one another and work and play. This is the starting point for this collection which takes analysis of the digital world to the next level exploring the frontiers of digital and creative ...
Social Media and Democracy: Innovations in Participatory Politics
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By Brian D. Loader, Dan Mercea
November 10, 2014
This book critically investigates the complex interaction between social media and contemporary democratic politics, and provides a grounded analysis of the emerging importance of Social media in civic engagement. Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, have increasingly ...
The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment
1st Edition
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By Richard Scullion, Roman Gerodimos, Daniel Jackson, Darren Lilleker
September 11, 2014
Technological, cultural and economic forces are transforming political communication, posing challenges and opportunities for politicians and media organisations, while at the same time many governments and civil society express concerns about the extent and nature of political empowerment and ...
Global political marketing
1st Edition
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By Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Chris Rudd, Jesper Strömbäck
September 13, 2011
There is increasing awareness of growing similarities in political marketing practices around the world. Global political marketing is a comprehensive analysis of why, how and with what affect parties use political marketing in a range of political systems - presidential, parliamentary, two and ...
The Internet and National Elections: A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning
1st Edition
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By Randolph Kluver, Nicholas W. Jankowski, Kirsten Foot, Steven M. Schneider
May 03, 2007
The Internet and National Elections provides a comparative analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in countries around the world for campaign purposes. This ambitious study draws upon a common conceptual framework - the "Web sphere," and a shared methodological approach called Web feature ...