Books in the Frontiers in Political Communication series

Perhaps no other presidential candidate or sitting president has attracted as much attention from rhetorical critics as Barack Obama. This book provides rhetorical critics an opportunity to revisit their published work on Obama in light of events that have occurred since its publication.

With research that spans multiple election cycles across nearly a decade, and data drawn from a national panel study that allows for cross-generational comparison, this book provides the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of youth political socialization that exists to date.

With research that spans multiple election cycles across nearly a decade, and data drawn from a national panel study that allows for cross-generational comparison, this book provides the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of youth political socialization that exists to date.

Investigates the tensions between politics and aesthetics by exploring the ways in which various arts are mobilized in the service of political repression and human emancipation.

This collection brings together established and emerging scholars in communication studies to examine the relationship between communication and the economy in contemporary society. Through concrete case studies and theoretically informed essays, the chapters explore a range of important disciplinary topics - from the rhetoric of economics to the role of language in mediating financial crises.

This book looks at how religious worship remains embedded with inherent political messages and behaviors, showing that conflicts between church and state exist not just in the public arena, but in each sanctuary and house of worship.

alieNATION presents research conducted by a national election team and leading scholars in political communication that explores a range of important topics and variables affecting voter attitudes and behavior in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

alieNATION presents research conducted by a national election team and leading scholars in political communication that explores a range of important topics and variables affecting voter attitudes and behavior in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

This collection brings together established and emerging scholars in communication studies to examine the relationship between communication and the economy in contemporary society. Through concrete case studies and theoretically informed essays, the chapters explore a range of important disciplinary topics - from the rhetoric of economics to the role of language in mediating financial crises.

The Internet's explosive growth over the past decade is nowhere more visible than in Asia. This book provides an in-depth look at the impact of social media on political engagement among young citizens in this rapidly changing region of the world.

Analyzes the expansion of propaganda and promotional activities in leading post-industrial states under regime of neoliberalism. This book discuss the ways in which elite uses of propaganda have radically transformed media and information systems, political and public culture, conduct of war and foreign relations, and overall behavior of state.

Communication in the 2008 U.S. Election

Entertaining Fear

Entertaining Fear

Complementing and extending scholarship in three areas ¿ terrorism; the media, mediated representations, and propaganda in contemporary culture; and the political and diplomatic environment post-9/11 ¿ this book articulates the role of human communication in the «war of ideas». Drawing on contemporary research from a variety of disciplines, this book offers analyses and recommendations for people to make use of informed, inspired, and ethical communication to counter ideological support for terrorism and to promote more effective public diplomacy. This is the first book to apply human communication concepts and theories ¿ and to offer potential solutions ¿ to the communication problems encountered by nations, communities, and individuals, and in doing so moves beyond critiques of failed U.S. communication campaigns and strategies in the «war on terror».

Communication in the 2008 U.S. Election

The Internet's explosive growth over the past decade is nowhere more visible than in Asia. This book provides an in-depth look at the impact of social media on political engagement among young citizens in this rapidly changing region of the world.

Analyzes the expansion of propaganda and promotional activities in leading post-industrial states under regime of neoliberalism. This book discuss the ways in which elite uses of propaganda have radically transformed media and information systems, political and public culture, conduct of war and foreign relations, and overall behavior of state.

Examines how rhetorical theory can be applied to political activity across a range of media technologies. In this title, Warnick and Heineman study the web as a public sphere, touching on how websites, social media, viral video, and web-based anti-institutional practices such as hacktivism impact something from electoral politics to activism.