We review recent empirical evidence that shows political campaigns are more potent than
widely believed, focusing on the conceptual and methodological advances that have …

The transformation of a power supply, a social-technical system suffering from a heavy lock-
ins, requires structural adaptations which are extremely complex. All actors in social …

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface
following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political …

Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill
Clinton's draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush's …

Framing is the process by which a communication source, such as a news organization,
defines and constructs a political issue or public controversy. Two experiments examined …

That market forces drive the news is not news. Whether a story appears in print, on
television, or on the Internet depends on who is interested, its value to advertisers, the costs …

Women candidates, Kahn discovers, not only experience stereotyping by journalists and, in
turn, by voters, but actually prepare for it, choosing to emphasize themes that are consistent …

Using a realistic experimental design, this article tests two hypotheses concerning the
relative effectiveness of campaign advertising. The first (issue-ownership) hypothesis …

A thorough examination of the impact of campaign politics on presidential elections in the
United States is presented in this book. Using actual election results and empirical evidence …

In common with most large-scale projects this book has incurred many debts upon the way.
The British General Election Study Campaign Panel 1997 was conducted by the Centre for …