TY - BOOK AU - Esser,Frank AU - Pfetsch,Barbara TI - Comparing political communication: theories, cases, and challenges SN - 9780521535403 U1 - 320.014 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Communication in politics KW - Comparative method KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - Cross-cultural studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction --; Ch. 1; Comparing political communication: reorientations in a changing world /; Barbara Pfetsch and Frank Esser --; Pt. 1; Theories and methods --; Ch. 2; Americanization, globalization, and secularization: understanding the covergence of media systems and political communication /; Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini --; Ch. 3; Transnational trends in Political Communication: conventional view and new realities; Daniel L Swanson --; Ch. 4; Comparing mass communication systems: media formats, media contents, and media processes; Hans J. Kleinsteuber --; Ch. 5; Designs and methods of comparative political communication research; Werner Wirth and Steffen Kolb --; Pt. 2; Cases --; Ch. 6; Global political communication: good governance, human development, and mass communication; Pippa Norris --; Ch. 7; Local political communication: media and local publics in the age of globalization; Sabine Lang --; Ch. 8; Strategic political communication: mobilizing public opinion in “audience democracies”; Hanspeter Kriesi --; Ch. 9; Political campaign communication: conditional convergence of modern media elections /; Christina Holtz-Bacha --; Ch. 10; Political communicationand electronic democracy: American exceptionalism of global trend?; Thomas Zittel --; Ch. 11; Political news journalists: Partisanship, professionalism, and Political Role in five countries; Wolfgang Donsbach and Thomas E. Patterson --; Ch. 12; Political communication messages: Pictures of our world on international televisión news; Patrick Rössler --; Ch. 13; Political communication effects: the impact of mass media and personal conversations on voting; Rüdiger Schmmitt-Beck --; Pt. 3; Perspective and challenges --; Ch. 14; State of the art of comparative political communication research: poised for maturity?; Michael Gurevitch and jay G. Blumler --; Ch. 15.; From political culture to political communications culture: a theoretical approach to comparative analysis; Robert L. Stevenson --; Ch. 16; Problems of comparative political communication research: culture as a key variable; Robert L. Stevenson --; Ch. 17; Meeting the challenges of global communication and political integration: the significance of comparative research in a changing world; Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch N2 - Aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of comparative political communication, this volume analyzes the media systems of Europe and America. It considers whether election campaigns around the world have become "Americanized," how international news journalists understand their jobs and produce different forms of television news programs, and how governmental media relations and news management efforts evolve in different political systems. The book analyzes transnational similarities and dissimilarities in the context of their potential effects on society and democracy ER -