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Social media logic meets political communication : how social media are changing the dynamics among politics, the media and the public Ghent University
Where is 'the political' in the journal Political Communication? On the hegemonic articulation of a disciplinary identity University of Antwerp
Critical scholars have long critiqued the circumscribed theoretical boundaries of political communication research in its dominant disciplinary identity. This identity is usually attributed to the hegemonic authority of a functionalist paradigm of political communication anchored in the use of positivist epistemologies and quantitative methods. This article revisits these old debates from a post-foundational discourse theoretical perspective, ...
Speech acts and political communication in the Estates General of Valois and Habsburg Burgundy c. 1370-1530 : towards a shared political language Ghent University
Political communication and political power in the Middle Ages: a conceptual journey Ghent University
Linguistic discourse analysis as a tool for analyzing political communication Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article –intended for non-linguists– introduces linguistic discourse analysis as a method for unravelling political communication mediated by mass media. After having explained what linguistic discourse analysis exactly means for me, I go on to illustrate a number of resources in this kind of analysis. With the development of linguistics, the toolkit for the analysis of the communicative roles of language has expanded over the years. ...
Political communication and social network sites Ghent University
The goal of political campaigns is to attract citizensU+2019 attention and they are narrowly linked to the most influential mass media, especially television. But, today, under the influence of internet and in particular web 2.0 applications, the situation changes. Campaigns are more and more adjusted to the new medium, in order to keep the attention of the audiences. The goal of this paper is to present the raising role of internet, especially ...
On Silver Tongues and Silver Linings - Examining controversial political communication and its effects on citizens’ reasoning KU Leuven
Politicians' communication is subject to widespread controversy. Name-calling, empty statements and woolly language are publicly condemned by many, because this type of communication is considered "not done" but also because such violations of supposed widely shared norms are feared to have detrimental democratic effects. Controversial political communication is at the core of this dissertation. It is described here as politicians' public ...
Political discourse as institutional communication Ghent University
Communication practices and political engagement with climate change University of Antwerp
In this article, we call for a refocusing of research on citizens political engagement with climate change. In doing so, we argue that communication practices not only help create the conditions for political engagement but they also comprise the modes of such engagement. Our argument proceeds in four steps. First, we review the literature on public engagement with climate change, concluding that there is a lack of attention to issues regarding ...