Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America [electronic resource] /
Ekström, Mats.editor.
Tolson, Andrew.editor.
This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction; Andrew Tolson and Mats Ekström -- 1. 'We change or we sink': Discursively Constructing the Voter's Dilemma in a Pre-election Interview with the Greek Prime Minister; Marianna Patrona -- 2. Obama in the No Spin Zone; Ian Hutchby -- 3. Transformations in Hybrid TV Talk: Extended Interviews on The Daily Show(.com); Geoffrey Baym -- 4. 'I have a question for you': Mediatised Democracy, Citizen Participation and Elections in Catalonia. Rut M. Sanz Sabido -- 5. More than Cleggmania: The Celebrity Politician, Presidentialisation and the UK Leader Debates; Neil Washbourne -- 6. The Telegenic Politician? Communication Strategies in the UK Election 2010 Party Leader Debates; Andrew Tolson -- 7. Rhetoric and Responses: Electioneering on Youtube; Cassian Sparkes-Vian -- 8. Citizen Participation in Journalist Discourse; Mats Ekström and Göran Eriksson -- 9. Multi-platform Political Interviews in the Swedish Election Campaign 2010 -- 10. Mediatisation, Right-Wing Populism and Political Campaigning: The Case of the Austrian Freedom Party; Bernhard Forchtner, Michal Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak -- 11. Get involved! Communication and Engagement in the 2008 Obama Presidential E-campaign; Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garce;s-Conejos Blitvich.
This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse.
Communication.
Political science.
Elections.
Computer science.
Media and Communication.
Political Science.
Media Studies.
Electoral Politics.
Computers and Society.
Cultural Studies.