Key Concepts in Political Communication

Aestheticisation/Agenda-Setting /Americanisation/Professionalism/Audiences/Authenticity/Brands/Branding/Broadcasting/Narrowcasting/Campaigns/Campaigning/Civil/Civic Society/Consumerism/Consumerisation/Cynicism/Dealignment/Dumbing Down/E-representation/E-politics/Electoral professionalism/Emotionalisation /Framing/Globalisation/Hegemonic Model/Ideology/Image/Information Subsidies/Infotainment/Legitimacy/Legitimisation/Manufactured Consent/Media-Centred Democracy/Media Effects/Mediatisation/Message/Messages/Negativity/News Management/News Values/Packaging/Permanent Campaigning/Political Advertising/Political Marketing/Popular Culture/Populism/Propaganda/Pseudo-Events/Public Relations Democracy/Public Sphere/Representation/Rhetoric/Segmentation/Soundbite/Soundbite Culture /Source-Reporter Relations/Spin/Spin-Doctor/Technological Determinism/Terrorism/Uses and Gratifications Theory/Virtual Politics/Virtual Communities