Political Communication
The Political communication section of ECREA invites scholars from across a range of disciplines, notably from media & communication or politics faculties, who study power relations and their articulation through key forms of political communication, to join forces with us.
We particularly welcome members interested in becoming partners with the objective of developing research of high quality and an engaging academic forum. Research papers may be theoretically or empirically grounded or both, on central and essential issues.
Along with the classical themes of political communication such as: agenda setting, media regulation, journalistic ethics, embedded journalism, bias, propaganda, censorship, self-censorship, political advertising, opinion-formation, manipulation and control, we turn also to aspects of empowerment and new interactive public spheres, e.g. on the Internet, and on issues about civil society, its communicative outlets and impact on political agendas. We encourage investigation and deliberation on practices of civic journalism, political dialogue in transnational environments, and the challenges of technology.
Emphasis is put on political communication at the supra-national and the trans-European levels and on the role of political communication in emerging socio-political constellations.
The section aspires to create lively debates and challenging scholarly opportunities through conference sessions, or otherwise, but also to forge lasting academic networks.
Chair: Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Vice Chair: Katrin Voltmer (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Vice Chair: Jesper Strömbäck (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
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