Political Communication

Krishan Siriwardhana

Role of communication in the political process ( )Kaid, 2014.

CommunicationPolitical

AristotleRhetoric and Politics

WalterLippmanPublic Opinion 1922

HaroldLasswellPropaganda Studies 1927

The creation of the Political Communication Division

within the International Communication Association 1973

Contemporary

Soukup, 2014 conducted a search on just 2 databases

(EBSCO Communication and Mass Media Complete)

(Political Science Complete)

It yielded almost 2500 entries from 2008-present

Scholarship Political Communication

Journals

Political Communication – 10 Communication Quarterly – 5Communication Studies – 5 Western Journal of Communication -5 Southern Journal of Communication – 5 Rhetoric and Public Affairs – 1

Topics New Media

We Are the Tea Party!: The Use of Facebook as an Online Political Forum for the Construction and Maintenance of in-

Group Identification during the “GOTV” Weekend.

Presidential rhetoricPresidential Rhetoric, Metaphor, and the Emergence of the

Democracy Promotion Industry.

Public deliberation“SafeGround Sacramento” and Rhetorics of Substantive

Citizenship.

Themes &(Morin & Flynn, 2014)

(Heidt,2013)

(Middleton, 2013)

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Gender Gender, Rhetoric, and International Political

Systems: Angela Merkel's Rhetorical Negotiation of Proportional Representation and Party

Politics.

Election campaignsFaith Turns Political on the 2012 Campaign

Trail: Mitt Romney, Franklin Graham, and the Stigma of Nontraditional Religions in American

Politics.

Framing Bumps and Tears on the Road to the

Presidency: Media Framing of Key Nonverbal Events in the 2008 Democratic Election.

Topics Themes &

(Sheelar & Anderson, 2014)

(Salek, 2014)

(Manusov & Harvey, 2011)

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forbes.com

mashable.com

dailymail.co philly.com

Third Party Candidates Nonverbal War Democracy Citizenship

Key

FreedomSocial MovementsMedia Environment News Consumption

IdeologyCampaign Advertising

Political News Reporting

Campaign Appeals

Terms

Theories

Social Identity Framework

Feminine style

Feminine Views in the Feminine Style: Convention

Speeches by Presidential Nominees' Spouses

(Vigil, 2014)

Ideographs

Materialistic rhetoric

Uses and gratifications

Metapragmatic discourse

Agenda setting theory

Third person effect

&Concepts

Theorists

George

Ervin

Kenneth

Michael

Lakoff-

Burke-

Goffman-

Calvin McGee-

Kohrs Campbell-Karlyn

Rhetorical – 12

Quantitative – 13

Experimental – (Pretest post-test)

Content Analysis

Qualitative –5

Content Analysis

Textual analysis

Mixed Method – 1

Methods

Discussion.

“Political speeches are often full of paradoxes and contradictions. ”

“This reminded me of how thankful I am that I am not in the public eye.  The pressure to triple check all comments, examples, and references must be exhausting ”

“While reading this article, I kept thinking about the recent deployment of soldiers in the name of ISIS/L ”

A few ideas you had…

“I actually agree with the sentiment the authors are arguing, but I did not appreciate how they went about it”