The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication is the definitive single-source reference work on the subject, with state-of-the-art and in-depth scholarly reflection on the key issues within political communication from leading international experts.

Table of Contents

• A
• Accountability
• Advertising, Political
• Aesthetics, Political
• Affirmative Action
• Agenda-Setting
• Alienation, Political
• Americanization
• Anarchism
• Argumentation, Political
• Authoritarianism
• B
• Bandwagon Effect
• Bargaining, Political
• Blogging, Political
• C
• Candidate, Political
• Capitalism
• Celebrity Politics
• Charisma
• Cinema, Political
• Citizen Journalism
• Citizenship
• Civic Engagement
• Civil Disobedience
• Civil Society
• Civility
• Cognitions, Political
• Collective Memory
• Commercialization of Politics
• Common Good
• Communication Rights
• Communication Theory
• Communitarianism
• Comparative Research
• Computer-Mediated Communication
• Conflict/War
• Consensus
• Constructivism
• Consultant, Political
• Contact Hypothesis
• Content Analysis
• Corporatism
• Counterpublic
• Critical Theory
• Cultivation Theory
• Cultural Studies
• Cynicism, Political
• D
• Deliberation
• Deliberative Polls
• Democracy
• Digital Democracy
• Digital Divide
• Digital Public Sphere
• Discourse Analysis
• Discourse Ethics
• E
• E-Government
• Election Campaign Communication
• Emotion in Politics
• European Public Sphere
• Extremism, Political
• F
• Feminist Theory
• Foreign Policy
• Fourth Estate
• Framing Theory
• Freedom of Speech
• G
• Game Theory
• Gaming
• Gatekeeping
• Gender and politics
• Generations, Political
• Globalization
• Government Communication
• Groupthink
• H
• Hegemony
• Heuristic Information-Processing
• Historical Materialism
• Hostile Media Perceptions
• Human Rights
• Humor and Satire, Political
• I
• Ideology
• Image, Political
• Indexing Theory
• Individualism
• Infotainment
• Institutions, Political
• Intercultural Theory
• Interest Groups
• International Organizations
• International Relations
• Internet
• Interpersonal Communication
• Issue Management
• Issue Voting
• J
• Journalism, Political
• Justice and Politics
• K
• Knowledge Gap
• Knowledge, Political
• L
• Language, Political
• Leadership, Political
• Legitimacy, Democratic
• Liberalism
• Lobbying
• Local Government
• M
• Manipulation
• Marketing, Political
• Mass Communication
• Media Advocacy
• Media as Political Actors
• Media Bias
• Media Democracy
• Media Effects Theory
• Media Ethnography
• Media Event
• Media Logic
• Media Ownership
• Media Performance
• Media Policy
• Media Regulation, Political
• Media System
• Media–Politics Relations
• Mediated Deliberation
• Mediatization
• Migration
• Mobilization, Political
• N
• Narrative, Political
• Negotiations
• News Media Organizations
• News Values
• Nongovernmental Organizations
• Nonverbal Communication
• Normative Theories
• O
• Online Elections
• Online News
• Opinion Leadership
• P
• Parallelism, Political
• Parliament
• Parties, Political
• Partisanship
• Personalization of Politics
• Persuasion, Political
• Pharisee Effect
• Pluralism, Political
• Polarization, Political
• Politainment
• Political Agenda-Setting
• Political Communication
• Political Communication Culture
• Political Communication Imaginary
• Political Communication Research
• Political Communication Research in Africa
• Political Communication Research in Asia
• Political Communication Research in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
• Political Communication Research in Europe
• Political Communication Research in Latin America
• Political Communication Research in North America
• Political Communication Research in The Middle East
• Political Communication Research Methods
• Political Culture
• Political Discourse
• Political Economy
• Political Efficacy
• Political Election Debates
• Political Management
• Political Participation
• Political Psychology
• Political Sociology
• Popular Culture
• Popularization of Politics
• Populism
• Posters, Political
• Poststructuralism
• Presidential Communication
• Press Conferences
• Press Freedom
• Priming
• Print Media
• Professionalization
• Progressive Movement
• Propaganda
• Protest, Political
• Pseudo-Event
• Public Affairs
• Public Choice
• Public Connection
• Public Diplomacy
• Public Interest
• Public Journalism Movement
• Public Opinion
• Public Opinion Polls
• Public Service Broadcasting
• Public Sphere
• Public/Private Distinction
• R
• Radio
• Rational Choice
• Reception Analysis
• Referendum
• Relative Deprivation
• Religion
• Representation, Political
• Revolution
• Rhetoric, Political
• Risk Communication
• Ritual, Political
• S
• Scandal, Political
• Science Communication and Politics
• Secrecy
• Selective Exposure
• Social and Political Trust
• Social Capital
• Social Justice
• Social Media
• Social Movements
• Social Networks
• Socialism
• Socialization, Political
• Sound Bite
• Spectacle, Political
• Spin Doctoring
• Spiral of Silence
• State/Statehood
• Stereotype
• Strategic communication
• Surveillance
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Systems Theory
• T
• Talk Shows, Political
• Television
• Terrorism
• Third-Person Effect
• Transnational Political Communication
• Transparency
• U
• Underdog Effect
• Uses and Gratifications
• V
• Values
• Visual Communication
• Voting Behavior and Communication
• W
• Watchdog Journalism
• Word of Mouth (WOM)