In little over a decade, essential concepts in research on communication have become
zombie concepts (Beck & Willms, 2004) and are no longer effective for understanding the …

Can the internet fundamentally challenge non-free regimes? The role that social networking
has played in promoting political change in the Middle East and beyond raises important …

Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for
students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies. It draws …

This piece speculates on the internet's wider influences on the shape of institutional politics
in representative 'actually existing democracies'. Findings, based on 100 semi-structured …

Many scholars have hailed the democratic potential of the internet. For some it empowers
individuals and fosters genuine political discussions. For others, it is perceived as a threat, a …

Web-based and theoretical studies often claim that Internet use can mobilize political
participation, while survey-based studies generally conclude that Internet use will normalize …

In 2002, soon after the US and its allies went to war in Iraq, Nicholas Thompson wrote an
opinion column for the Boston Globe on the then current state of online political …

Disability rights advocates in the United Kingdom and the United States recently embraced
new media technologies in unexpected and innovative ways. This book sheds light on this …

To gain and retain political power, politicians use the media to persuade the masses to vote
and support them, especially during elections. Barisan Nasional (BN) has successfully used …

The 21st century has already seen dramatic changes affecting both journalism and politics.
The rise of a range of new digital and networked communication technologies combined …