Political Communication and the Unexpected Outcome of the 2002 French Presidential Elections

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe J. Maarek
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
French Presidential Elections ◽  
Unexpected Outcome

scholarly journals Candidates rather than context shape campaign sentiment in French Presidential Elections (1965–2017)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Haselmayer
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Electoral Competition ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
French Presidential Elections ◽  
Candidate Characteristics ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Context Shape ◽  
Negative Tone ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe manuscript explores whether and how the strategic context of elections and candidate attributes affect campaign sentiment. Studying five decades of French presidential elections, it provides the first longitudinal test of campaign tone outside the USA. Thereby, the paper examines concerns of an increase in negativity due to changes in electoral competition. It takes leverage from the electoral system, to study whether the strategic environment of elections (first vs. second rounds of elections) or candidate characteristics (ideology and outsider status) determine the use of positive and negative tone. To this end, the paper applies sentiment analysis to personal manifestos (professions de foi) issued by all candidates running in presidential elections (1965–2017) and validates the French Lexicoder Sentiment Dictionary for longitudinal studies of campaign tone. Results reject worries about an increase in negativity in French elections over time. Moreover, while context matters to some extent, candidate attributes are by far more important for explaining campaign sentiment in presidential races. The findings contribute to research on the role of sentiment in electoral competition and tackle broader issues related to the impact of positive and negative political communication for elections and democracies.

FOTOGRAFI SEBAGAI MEDIA POLITIK DI INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Mohammad Solihin
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Communication To The Public ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Message Effects ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Media

ABSTRACTPhotography is one of the media used to introduce the character or self-image of politicians during regional head elections, or presidential elections. Among them are by displaying photos of faces or campaign activities for APK (Campaign Props) billboards, namely billboards or billboards installed on protocol roads that can be seen by the public, pamphlets, mass media, and etc. Visual media in the form of photos has a very big influence on public opinion. Photography has a visual power that is able to construct the authenticity of factual events. The purpose of this study is to find out how the process of making photography a political visual communication medium in Indonesia. The method used is descriptive qualitative with an approach through the literature study method. The results of this study can be concluded that the process of making photography a political medium of visual communication to the public is carried out in several ways, namely by recruiting special photographers themselves, designing them, and distributing them. The effect of the message generated from a photography with a good appearance is the effect of knowledge and effect of information.Keywords:  Photography, Political Media, Visual Communication, Message Effects, Political Communication.  ABSTRAKFotografi merupakan salah satu media yang digunakan untuk mengenalkan karakter atau citra diri politisi saat pemilihan kepala daerah, ataupun pemilihan presiden. Diantaranya dengan memajang foto-foto wajah atau kegiatan kampanye untuk baliho APK (Alat Peraga Kampanye) yakni papan reklame atau billboard yang dipasang di jalan-jalan protokol yang bisa dilihat oleh masyarakat luas, pamflet, media massa, dan sebagainya. Media visual berupa foto sangat besar pengaruhnya mempengaruhi opini publik. Fotografi memiliki kekuatan visual yang mampu mengkonstruksi keotentikan peristiwa faktual. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana proses menjadikan fotografi sebagai media komunikasi visual politik di Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan melalui metode studi literatur. Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa proses menjadikan fotografi sebagai media politik komunikasi visual kepada masyarakat dilakukan dengan beberapa cara, yakni dengan merekrut khusus fotografer sendiri, mendesainnya, dan menyebarkannya. Efek pesan yang ditimbulkan dari sebuah fotografi dengan tampilan yang baik adalah efek pengetahuan dan efek informasi.Kata Kunci: Fotografi, Media Politik, Komunikasi Visual, Efek Pesan, Komunikasi Politik.

scholarly journals SOCIOPHYSICS: A REVIEW OF GALAM MODELS

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 409-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGE GALAM
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
Hierarchical Systems ◽  
Extreme Right ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
European Constitution ◽  
French Presidential Elections ◽  
Political Events

We review a series of models of sociophysics introduced by Galam and Galam et al. in the last 25 years. The models are divided into five different classes, which deal respectively with democratic voting in bottom-up hierarchical systems, decision making, fragmentation versus coalitions, terrorism and opinion dynamics. For each class the connexion to the original physical model and techniques are outlined underlining both the similarities and the differences. Emphasis is put on the numerous novel and counterintuitive results obtained with respect to the associated social and political framework. Using these models several major real political events were successfully predicted including the victory of the French extreme right party in the 2000 first round of French presidential elections, the voting at fifty–fifty in several democratic countries (Germany, Italy, Mexico), and the victory of the "no" to the 2005 French referendum on the European constitution. The perspectives and the challenges to make sociophysics a predictive solid field of science are discussed.

scholarly journals French presidential elections

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavien Bouillot ◽  
Pascal Poncelet ◽  
Mathieu Roche ◽  
Dino Ienco ◽  
Elnaz Bigdeli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
French Presidential Elections

scholarly journals Strategic Identity Signaling in Heterogeneous Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara van der Does ◽  
Mirta Galesic ◽  
Zackary Dunivin ◽  
Paul E. Smaldino
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Behavioral Experiment ◽  
Identity Signaling ◽  
The Cost

Individuals often signal identity information to facilitate assortment with partners who are likely to share norms, values, and goals. However, individuals may also be incentivized to encrypt their identity signals to avoid detection by dissimilar receivers, particularly when such detection is costly. Using mathematical modeling, this idea has previously been formalized into a theory of covert signaling. In this paper, we provide the first empirical test of the theory of covert signaling in the context of political identity signaling surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. We use novel methods relying on differences in detection between ingroup and outgroup receivers to identify likely covert and overt signals on Twitter. We strengthen our experimental predictions with a new mathematical modeling and examine the usage of selected covert and overt tweets in a behavioral experiment. We find that people strategically adjust their signaling behavior in response to the political constitution of their audiences and the cost of being disliked, in accordance with the formal theory. Our results have implications for our understanding of political communication, social identity, pragmatics, hate speech, and the maintenance of cooperation in diverse populations.

scholarly journals May 1968, Sartre and Sarkozy

PhaenEx ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
JEAN-PIERRE BOULÉ
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
French Presidential Elections ◽  
New Type ◽  
May 1968 ◽  
May 68 ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Impact

This article begins by analysing the impact of May ’68 on Sartre. The article then attempts to show similarities and then differences between Sartre wanting to be a "new intellectual" and Sarkozy a "new type of politician," based on Sarkozy’s (in)famous speech given in Bercy in April 2007 prior to the second round of voting in the French Presidential elections when he launched into a most virulent attack on the spirit of May ’68. Finally, I argue that Sarkozy wants to go back to the time of colonialism in the 1950s and 1960s, reclaiming in the process de Gaulle’s heritage.

Common Language: Voting

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Balinski ◽  
Rida Laraki
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
French Presidential Elections ◽  
Rank Orders ◽  
Majority Judgment

This chapter focuses on the importance of a simplified common language with clear cultural meanings for grading political candidates. Voters using majority judgment are better at expressing their opinion about a candidate compared with giving rank-orders. The 2007 Orsay experiment in the context of the majority judgment ballot that took place during the French presidential elections in 2007 is also discussed, with a focus on the use of language in which the hypothetical voting process was explained to voters. Analysis on the grades allotted during the experiment is presented along with homogeneity of voters’ grades to consider the use of language by the voting population.

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