Experts in political communication

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Horsbøl
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Professional Background ◽  
Time News ◽  
The Media

A central journalistic counterstrategy to the communicative ‘professionalization’ of politics consists in a use of political communication experts who comment on political moves and analyse the strategies behind them. This study investigates how the media uses political communication experts in prime time news programmes from the 2005 parliamentary election campaign in Denmark. To this aim, the knowledge positions ascribed to the experts as well as the articulation of the expert voice with the news genre is analysed. Furthermore, the qualitative analysis is combined with quantitative data on the amount of political communication experts and their professional background. The study situates the analysis within a public sphere perspective on the power relations between politics and media, and discusses implications of the findings for a well functioning public sphere.

scholarly journals Elections in the Public Sphere: the Analysis of Lithuanian TV Debates „Lyderių Forumas“

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 166-188
Author(s):  
Aistė Valiauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Definition Of

The article analyses the information that spreads in the media during the election campaign. It looks at the aspect of promises made by politicians through an academic lens. The definition of a political promise is explained; some insights are devoted to an analysis of the reasons why some promises are more commonly fulfilled. The paper mostly concentrates on the role of the media, combining ideas of media theorists with the investigation of pre-election TV debates “Lyderių forumas”.Keywords: campaign, objectivity, parliamentary elections, political communication, professionalism, promise, tv debates.

scholarly journals Agendy partii politycznych i telewizyjnych serwisów informacyjnych w mediach społecznościowych w kampanii wyborczej do parlamentu w 2019 r.

Politeja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6(75)) ◽  
pp. 397-420
Author(s):  
Jakub Żurawski
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
News Services

Social Media Agendas of Political Parties Versus Social Media Agendas of TV News Services in the Parliamentary Election Campaign in 2019 The presented article concerns the convergence of symbolic political agendas of selected political entities (coalitions) (PiS-ZP, PO-KO) and agendas of selected broadcasters (Wiadomości TVP, Fakty TVN), in social media, in the parliamentary campaign in 2019. Theses concerning the overlapping of the media and political agendas of PiS-ZP and TVP and PO-KO and TVN in the thematic aspect were formulated, as well as the thesis about the affective orientation of media agendas towards specific political entities: TVN towards PiS-ZP and TVN towards PO-KO. The theoretical framework of the research was the agenda-setting theory, the concept of mediatization of politics and the evolution of the roles of political and media actors. The work also presents empirical research on the agendas of the above-mentioned entities on Twitter. The hypotheses were verified on the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

scholarly journals The Role of the Party Press in the Electoral Process and Political Communication (Based on the Example of the 2012 Parliamentary Campaign)

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-121
Author(s):  
Vitaliy Peresada
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Party Press ◽  
2012 Election

The article studies the role of party press in the electoral process and political communication based on the example of the elections toVerkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2012. The classical party and short-term party periodicals are analyzed according to thematic orientation, content of publications, political and ideological bias. In particular, such official print periodicals of the leading political organizations as Communist, Svoboda/Liberty, Vseukrainski Visti/All-Ukrainian News and the party short-term periodicals distributed during the 2012 parliamentary campaign, were examined. The analysis of the party’s legal press and illegal press during the parliamentary election campaign is caused by a sharp increase of its circulation and titles, as well as by the renewed interest of a wide spectrum of recipients and future voters. Methods. The following general scientific research methods were used in the article: 1. Method of abstraction, which made it possible to determine the main categories of scientific work of mass communication direction: party periodicals, hidden party press, election periodicals, etc. The modeling method by which the role of party press in the election campaign was highlighted, which stipulated the influence on the voter’s final will. The method of analysis that provided a systematic study of the functional purpose of party periodicals in the election campaign. The method of induction and deduction, which contributed to a clearer definition of the party press role in information support of the election campaign. The study also used a comparison method. Results and conclusions. The study ascertained that in the 2012 election campaign, the party periodicals played a prominent role, which, however, was far from clear. Most of participants of the electoral process underestimated or neglected the importance of official party print media, focusing on the publications of alternative, cheap and primitive products (special issues, newsletters, etc.). Due to its bias, the party periodicals could not give the voters an objective idea of of electoral process and intra-party tendencies, all the more to form their conscious choices. The electoral practice of party periodicals showed mass inadequacy in solving typical propaganda tasks (declarativism, populism, meeting rhetoric, emphasis on supplementary aspects, etc.). The wide spread practice of the 2012 election campaign was the use of unethical methods of cross-party competition (“jeans” and “smearpiece”) as well as the use of semi-legal and illegal publications for public opinion’ provocations and manipulations.

scholarly journals Zarządzanie komunikacją kandydatów na premiera w serwisie Facebook w wyborach parlamentarnych w Polsce w 2019 roku

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-427
Author(s):  
Robert Rajczyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Council Of Ministers

Prime Minister Candidates’ Communication Management on Facebook During Parliamentary Elections Campaign 2019 in Poland The article presents the results of a research, which was carried out in the last month of the parliamentary election campaign in 2019. In this research, the processes of communication conducted by candidates for deputies, Mateusz Morawiecki and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, representing two rival parties (PiS and KO), were analysed – both candidates were simultaneously appointed as potential presidents of the Council of Ministers. The research was carried out using the qualitative method, taking into account the content of the profiles of both candidates on Facebook. Research results are part of the stream of analyzes, devoted to the importance of social media during election campaigns, as well as in the processes of political communication conducted by politicians.

scholarly journals The role of journalism in combating fake news: the case of the last day of the 2019 election campaign in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Lima Quintanilha ◽  
Gustavo Cardoso ◽  
Vania Baldi ◽  
Miguel Paisana
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Fake News ◽  
The Media ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Zero Effect ◽  
The Impact

This article reflects on the role of journalism in the deconstruction of fake news propaganda that came out in the media on the last day of the 2019 parliamentary election campaign in Portugal. We collected news items carried by the Portuguese media and contextualised this media coverage with regard to the impact of disinformation on confidence in the news with the help of data collated as part of the Digital News Report project. We found that journalistic scrutiny, aided by the characteristics of the Portuguese media system, might have contributed to a zero effect of this fake news on the election results, unlike what happened in elections in other countries, such as the United States, United Kingdom and Brazil.

scholarly journals Qualitative transformations in the media-political space of Ukraine

Obraz ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
Karyna Temchur
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Political Campaign ◽  
Media System ◽  
The World ◽  
Show Business ◽  
The Media ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Media Monitoring

Introduction. At present, political scientists are stating the crisis of traditional politics. Due to the lack of trust in professional politicians in the world, the men of show business are winning the election. A similar phenomenon is observed in Ukraine, where the showman V. Zelensky won the last presidential election. His political campaign was conducted with the use of social networking resources and transformed genres of political communication, which attracted the attention of young people and citizens who are tired of traditional politics. The relevance of the study is related to the need to examine the transformations that have happened in the Ukrainian media system in 2019. The purpose of the article is to describe the changes in political communication in Ukraine. Methods. The study was conducted by methods of modeling, comparative analysis and media monitoring. Results. In political communication, there are new genres: move- interviews, press marathons, stadium debates, appeals instead of the incumbent president. Their characteristic features are the democratization of language, the use of the latest technical means, a move from political formality and seriousness, the use of humor, intimation, the creation of the effect of involvement. The reasons for the transformation of traditional genres of political communication are the transition of political discourse into a show format, the presence of a contrasting image of the opponent, global political and digital trends. Conclusions. The article first describes the transformation of genres of political communication during and after the 2019 election campaign in Ukraine and its factors. The results of the study can be applied in the preparation of the next political campaigns. The experience of the election campaign in Ukraine has shown the effectiveness of using modified genres of political communication. Keywords: political communication, the transformation of genres, genres of political communication.

scholarly journals The influence of the domestic election cycle on the turnout for European parliamentary elections. The case of Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Nadolska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
Social Reforms ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
The Media ◽  
European Election

The purpose of the article is to diagnose the causes of the increased interest shown by Poles in the European parliamentary election in 2019. From 2014 to 2019, Poles’ participation in elections to the European Parliament went up from 23.83% to 45.68%. Drawing on Europe salience theory and second-order election theory, I set out to determine whether changes in Poles’ attitudes towards the European Union led to this almost twofold increase in turnout from 2014 to 2019, or whether this trend was mainly attributable to the election cycle, that is, the coincidence in 2019 of both European and domestic parliamentary elections. My research involved an analysis of survey data (CBOS, Eurobarometr), statistical data, and the course of the European parliamentary election campaign. During the analysis, it turned out that in the years 2014–2019 there were no significant changes in how the European Union and its institutions were perceived by Poles that could explain the dramatic increase in interest in the European election. What had the greatest impact on voter behaviour was the fact that the European election was held just several months before an election to the Polish parliament. The Polish political parties treated the European election in May as a test of support in the nation election to be held in the autumn – as a ‘quasi-first round.’ The European election campaign was heavily covered by the media, and focused on domestic issues (building up Poland’s welfare state). The ruling party’s announcement of numerous social reforms and a desire to influence the result of the ‘May round’ mobilised an above-average number of Poles to take an active part in the European election.

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