Political Communication Research

The rising popularity of political communication research warrants this second volume. In 1990, the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) elevated the Political Communication Research Group (PCRG) to section status. The American Political Science Association recently formed a Political Communication section, and the International Communication Association's Political Communication section continues to thrive.

The rising popularity of political communication research warrants this second volume. In 1990, the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) elevated the Political Communication Research Group (PCRG) to section status. The American Political Science Association recently formed a Political Communication section, and the International Communication Association's Political Communication section continues to thrive.

Introduction
APPROACHES
Toward a System Theory of Political Communication
Geopolitics, Media, and the Public Sphere
The Media-Policy Connection: Ecologies of News
Masses and Mass Media Influence on Government Decision Making
Our Conversations About Governing
STUDIES
The New Image Politics in Finnish Electoral Television
Mainstreaming - Centering Political Views in Turkish Elections
Women's Images and Issues in Turkish Election Advertisements
The Mass Media in Malaysia's General Elections
U. S. Network TV News Framing of the 1990 Nicaraguan Elections
ASSESSMENTS
Media Agenda Setting and Elections: 1970s - 1990s
Aduience Research and the Wish for Science
Information Technology, Culture, and National Development in Latin America
International Information: Bullet or Boomerang?
Indexes