Personalization has become a central concept in discussions on how political news, and
election coverage in particular, has changed over time. The general belief is that the focus of …

In the last few decades personalization has been identified as a defining trend of
contemporary political communication. The empirical evidence, however, is mixed and there …

In recent years, there has been an increase in interest in the personalization of politics.
Unfortunately, the findings of studies carried out in different countries have led to …

From the standpoint of news consumers it has long been known that, as newsmakers,
persons are preferred over institutions. The news media discovered this truth as soon as …

The purpose of this chapter is to survey the literature on the mediatization of politics, and to
present a conceptual framework to guide further empirical and comparative research on the …

This chapter reviews research on strategic political communication in election campaigns,
which still is a rather fragmented field despite its long tradition. To structure this area of …

This study is the first comparative analysis of mediated political personalization in the
international arena; its contribution to the research in the field is twofold:(a) through a …

The empirical evidence concerning the 'personalization of politics' thesis is, at best, mixed.
The analysis of a new data-set on the media coverage of national elections in six Western …

This study compares metacoverage—news about the press and publicity processes—in
broadcast coverage of the 2000 US presidential election, the 2001 British general election …

This study offers a five-item based measurement of popularization of news (combining
sensationalization, scandalization, emotionalization, common people narrative and …