An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians;
what politicians actually do on'the backstage'in political organizations. The book offers …

This book analyzes how the media covers women leaders and reinforces gendered
evaluations of their candidacies and performance. It deals with current transformations in …

Fandom is generally viewed as an integral part of everyday life which impacts upon how we
form emotional bonds with ourselves and others in a modern, mediated world. Whilst it is …

This article investigates the 'glocalization'of the US TV popular drama series The West Wing,
while focusing on one (in some ways) exceptional episode. Because politics is inherently …

The quality of political reporting in the news media is a focal point of communication
research. Politics, however, is not only conveyed via traditional sources of information, but …

In this paper, I apply the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA)(eg Wodak and Meyer 2009)
to discourse on religion. Discourse on religion has been taken for granted (eg Chilton 2004 …

It is generally agreed upon that fictional stories can serve as sources for the audience's
perceptions of reality. This also includes the political realm. Our paper examines the fictional …

Social media platforms have played a significant role in the widespread dissemination of
propaganda images during recent conflicts. This phenomenon underscores the importance …

Iconic images are often used to reduce complex political questions into simple divisions
which ultimately exclude alternative voices and preserve hegemonic ideology. This chapter …

In this chapter, I provide an explanatory framework for the phenomenon of Muslim
televangelism and its development. I argue that Muslim televangelism is a complex …