The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the functioning of democracy in an age of partisanship, social media, and political leadership that questions media's legitimacy.

The book covers the intersections between politics and communication, calling on related social science disciplines as well as normative political philosophy. This new edition is thoroughly updated and includes a survey of the contemporary political communication environment, unpacking fake news, presidential communication, hostile media bias, concerns about the waning of democracy, partisan polarization, political advertising and marketing, the relationship between social media and the news media, and the 2020 election, all the while drawing on leading new scholarship in these areas.

It's ideally suited for upper-level undergraduate and graduate political communication courses in communication, journalism, and political science programs.

This edition again features online resources with links to examples of political communication in action, such as videos, news articles, tweets, and press releases. For instructors, an instructor's manual, lecture slides, and test questions are also provided. Access the support material at www.routledge.com/9780367279417

Richard M. Perloff, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology at Cleveland State University, is well-known for his scholarship on the third-person effect, hostile media biases, and persuasion, including a seventh edition of The Dynamics of Persuasion. Perloff also is the author of The Dynamics of News, as well as articles in Communication Research, Communication Theory, and Mass Communication and Society. He has published many essays in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer on topics such as news and political history, along with an essay on the 50th anniversary of the Kent State shootings in The New York Times. A dedicated teacher, Perloff has received awards for his teaching at Cleveland State.