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"This volume addresses the challenges that political communication is facing today from a comparative perspective, using principles and methods of comparison both across space (cross-national) and across time (longitudinal), thereby advancing the understanding of global trends and cultural differences. It covers a wide range of countries and cultures from advanced Western democracies and beyond. The research tools employed include quantitative and qualitative content analyses, comparative case studies, document analysis, opinion surveys, elite interviews and a combination of various methods. Employing different research strategies and theoretical approaches, this book sheds new light on key concepts in the literature on comparative political communication research, such as professionalization, personalization and globalization. It also investigates processes of change and transformation, such as negativization of campaigns, internationalization of campaign coverage, professionalization of government communication, democratization, commercialization of the media and transnationalization of national public spheres. "--
About the author
Rosa Berganza, University of Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
María Jose Canel, Complutense University, Spain
Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
John Downey, Loughborough University, UK
Frank Esser, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Salma Ghanem, Central Michigan University
Thomas Hanitzsch, LMU Munich, Germany
Ana Ivanova, University of Hamburg, Germany
Bengt Johansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Thomas Hanitzsch, LMU Munich, Germany
Rinaldo Kühne, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jörg Matthes, University of Vienna, Austria
Peter Maurer, University of Vienna, Austria
Eva Mayerhöffer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Judtih Moeller, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tom Moring, Sámi University College in Kautokeino, Norway
Lars Nord, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Barbara Pfetsch, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Karen Sanders, CEU San Pablo University, Spain
Mike S. Schäfer, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Christian Schemer, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
Andreas Schmidt, University of Hamburg, Germany
James Stanyer, Loughborough University, UK
Jesper Strömbäck, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Katrin Voltmer, University of Leeds, UK
