Political Media Relations Online as an Elite Phenomenon  [electronic resource] /
Kocks, Jan Niklas.author.
Jan Niklas Kocks explores the effects of the now almost ubiquitous online media on political media relations and the interactions defining them. He analyses the ways in which leading political spokespersons and journalists perceive digitisation in terms of technological, organisational and political change as well as the actual adaptations of digitisation on an individual and organisational level. Political media relations are approached from a perspective of social network analysis. Findings indicate a picture of political media relations as a continuing elite phenomenon. Networks are still mostly characterised by exclusive arrangements – and often to an even larger degree than the actors involved actually perceive. Contents • Political Media Relations in the Digital Age • Perceptions and Adaptations of Digitisation Target Groups • Researchers and students in the field of communication studies • Practitioners in political communication The Author Jan Niklas Kocks is a researcher at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.
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Acknowledgements and Dedication; Abstract (English); Abstract (German); Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Concept; 1.2 Terminology; 1.3 Research Model and Outline; 2 Background; 2.1 Digitisation and its Implications; 2.1.1 Systematisations; 2.1.2 Literature Review; 2.1.3 Summary: Implications of Digitisation; 2.2 Political Media Relations in the Digital Age; 2.3 Summary and Interim Conclusion; 3 Political Media Relations as an Elite Phenomenon: Theoretical Considerations and Implications
3.1 Political Media Relations and the Actors Defining Them3.2 Theoretical Considerations; 3.3 Summary and Implications; 4 Empirical Analyses: Perceptions and Adaptations of Digitisation; 4.1 Methodology; 4.2 Assumptions; 4.3 Perceptions of Digitisation; 4.3.1 Communication Professionals and their Professional Roles; 4.3.2 Perceptions of Change; 4.3.3 Summary and Interim Conclusion; 4.4 Adaptations of Digitisation; 4.4.1 New Means of Communication: Organisational Presences; 4.4.2 New Means of Communication: Communicative Exchange; 4.4.3 Communication Networks Between Politics and Media
4.4.4 Summary and Interim Conclusion5 Discussion, Conclusion & Outlook; 5.1 Perceptions and Adaptations of Digitisation; 5.2 Political Media Relations Online as an Elite Phenomenon; 5.3 Outlook; Literature; Appendix; List of Interviewees; Empirical Fact Sheet
Includes bibliographical references.
Jan Niklas Kocks explores the effects of the now almost ubiquitous online media on political media relations and the interactions defining them. He analyses the ways in which leading political spokespersons and journalists perceive digitisation in terms of technological, organisational and political change as well as the actual adaptations of digitisation on an individual and organisational level. Political media relations are approached from a perspective of social network analysis. Findings indicate a picture of political media relations as a continuing elite phenomenon. Networks are still mostly characterised by exclusive arrangements – and often to an even larger degree than the actors involved actually perceive. Contents • Political Media Relations in the Digital Age • Perceptions and Adaptations of Digitisation Target Groups • Researchers and students in the field of communication studies • Practitioners in political communication The Author Jan Niklas Kocks is a researcher at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.

Communication.
Political communication.
Public relations.
Communication Studies.
Political Communication.
Corporate Communication/Public Relations.