Political Communication in the Online World

Theoretical Approaches and Research Designs
Herausgeber: Vowe, Gerhard; Henn, Philipp

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a consequence of the rapid diffusion of online media, the conditions for political communication, and research concerning it have radically changed. Is empirical communication research capable of consistently describing and explaining the changes in political communication in the online world both from a theoretical and methodological perspective? In this book, Gerhard Vowe, Philipp Henn, and a group of leading international experts in the field of communication studies guide the reader through the complexities of political communication, and evaluate whether and to what extent existing theoretical approaches and research designs are relevant to the online world. In the first part of the book, nine chapters offer researchers the opportunity to test the basic assumptions of prominent theories in the field, to specify them in terms of the conditions of political communication in the online world and to modify them in view of the systematically gained experiences. The second methodological section tests the variations of content analysis, surveys, expert interviews and network analyses in an online environment and documents how successful these methods of empirical analysis have proven to be in political communication. Written accessibly and contributing to key debates on political communication, this bookshelf essential presents an indispensable account of the necessary tools needed to allow researchers decide which approach and method is better suited to answer their online problem.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781138900080
• ISBN-10: 1138900087
• Artikelnr.: 42744111

Autorenporträt

Gerhard Vowe is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. He is spokesperson of the research group "Political communication in the online world." His research focuses on political communication and media policy. Philipp Henn is research assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Duesseldorf, Germany. He is coordinator of the research group "Political communication in the online world". His research focuses on political communication and security issues in mass media.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Political Communication Research in the Online World Philipp
Henn and Gerhard Vowe Part 1: Theoretical Approaches Revisited 1. The
Traditional Paradigm of Political Communication Research Reconstructed
Philipp Henn, Olaf Jandura and Gerhard Vowe 2. A New Agenda for
Agenda-Setting Research in the Digital Era Gabriel Weimann and Hans-Bernd
Brosius 3. Old and New Dynamics of Agenda Building in a Hybrid Media System
Barbara Pfetsch, Peter Miltner and Daniel Maier 4. Gatekeeping Revisited
Katja Friedrich, Till Keyling and Hans-Bernd Brosius 5. The Influence of
Online Media on Political Knowledge Marcus Maurer and Corinna Oschatz 6.
The Spiral of Silence Revisited Christiane Eilders and Pablo Porten-Cheé
7. Third-Person Effect and Influence of Presumed Media Influence Approach
Revisited Marco Dohle and Uli Bernhard 8. The New Institutionalism
Revisited Patrick Donges and Paula Nitschke 9. Theoretical Approaches to
Grasp the Changing Relations Between Media and Political Actors Juliana
Raupp and Jan Niklas Kocks Part 2: Research Designs Revisited 10.
Fundamental Methodological Principles for Political Communication Research:
Validity Even in the Online World? Gerhard Vowe and Philipp Henn 11.
Database Driven Content Analysis Marcus Maurer, Jörg Haßler, and Thomas
Holbach 12. Observing Online Content Till Keyling & Jakob Jünger 13. Mining
Big Data with Computational Methods Annie Waldherr, Gerhard Heyer, Patrick
Jähnichen, Andreas Niekler, and Gregor Wiedemann 14. Survey Research Online
Uli Bernhard, Pablo Porten-Cheé, & Martin Schultze 15. Identifying and
Analyzing Hyperlink Issue Networks Silke Adam, Thomas Häußler, Hannah
Schmid-Petri, and Ueli Reber 16. Flesh and Bone or the Integration of
Perspectives in Social Network Analysis Jan Niklas Kocks and Juliana Raupp
17. Organizations as an Analytical Category: Conceptual and Methodological
Challenges Paula Nitschke and Kim Murphy Conclusion: Political
Communication Research in the Online World Philipp Henn and Gerhard Vowe