Streamlining Political Communication Concepts (eBook)

In this edited volume, renowned scholars from around the globe rethink and update important political communication concepts in the light of the most recent changes that have been occurring in media environments. In particular, the authors discuss those caused by the use of social media in politics, e.g. prevalent disinformation, populism, political polarization, etc. This collection of key texts addresses the major concerns that arise in our rapidly changing media and political environments and provides a basis for discussions on the current state of political communication research.

?Susana Salgado is a political communication scholar. Currently, she is a Principal Research Fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa, Portugal) where she also teaches Political Communication. Salgado previously held positions as FCT Research Fellow at ICS-ULisboa, Portugal, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, and Assistant Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.  Over the last few years, her comparative research projects have been broad in geographical scope, and include several projects on Europe, but also on Portugal and Brazil and an extensive analysis of the role of the media in African democratization processes from a comparative perspective. The topics of her most recent research include populism, online hate, polarization, and disinformation. She has been responsible for several funded research projects, such as 'Streams of hate and untruth?', or 'Politics, Policy, Populism and Online and Social Media'.