The Dynamics of Political Communication : Media and Politics in a Digital Age (Paperback, 4 ed)

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION??1. Introduction? 2. Defining and Understanding Contemporary Politics? 3. Defining and Understanding Political Communication? 4. Philosophy, Democracy, and Political Communication??PART TWO: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION CONCEPTS AND EFFECTS??5. The Scholarly Study of Political Communication? 6. Political Socialization, News, and Citizenship? 7. The Political Communication Effects Triumvirate: Agenda-setting, Priming, and Framing? 8. The Partisan Psychology of Political Communication: From Selective Perception to Social Media Effects? 9. Presidential Rhetoric From Television to Tweeting? 10. Understanding the Biases and Underpinnings of Political News? 11. Macro Determinants of Political News??PART THREE: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PROCESSES: EFFECTS AND ISSUES??12. Presidential Nominations in the Media Age? 13. Political Advertising and Marketing in Presidential Election Campaigns? 14. Presidential Debates and Postscript