Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement: From Baby Boomers to Generation Z
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By Kim Andersen, Jakob Ohme, Camilla Bjarnøe, Mats Joe Bordacconi, Erik Albæk, Claes H De Vreese
August 01, 2022
This book investigates news use patterns among five different generations in a time where digital media create a multi-choice media environment. The book introduces the EPIG Model (Engagement-Participation-Information-Generation) to study how different generational cohorts’ exposure to ...
Rhetoric, Fantasy, and the War on Terror
1st Edition
By Vaheed Ramazani
August 01, 2022
Drawing on psychoanalytic and semiotic perspectives, this book examines discourses mediating the global War on Terror, including governmental speeches, legal documents, print and broadcast journalism, and military memoirs. The book argues that these discourses motivate, and are motivated by, a ...
Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11: Medial Reflections
1st Edition
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By Vanessa Ossa, David Scheu, Lukas R.A. Wilde
August 01, 2022
This volume investigates the perception of threat, with particular regard to the roles, functions, and agencies of various types of media. With a focus on the profound impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US-American political, social, and cultural order, the chapters reach ...
Human Rights, Iranian Migrants, and State Media: From Media Portrayal to Civil Reality
1st Edition
By Shabnam Moinipour
September 30, 2021
This book offers a detailed analysis of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s approach towards human rights in the media. It looks at the state-owned and state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), employing content analysis and multimodal critical discourse analysis to explore its ...
Communicating Populism: Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Europe
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By Carsten Reinemann, James Stanyer, Toril Aalberg, Frank Esser, Claes H. de Vreese
December 18, 2020
The studies in this volume conceptualize populism as a type of political communication and investigate it comparatively, focusing on (a) politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions, (b) media coverage, and (c) effects on citizens. This book presents findings from several large-scale internationally ...
Digitizing Democracy
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By Aljosha Karim Schapals, Axel Bruns, Brian McNair
June 30, 2020
What are the key challenges facing our increasingly digitized democracy, and how might we as citizens contribute to resolving them? This book explores these questions, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that combines work from media studies, journalism studies, and political science scholars, ...