RC22 - Political Communication

ORGANISERS:

The IPSA RC 22-Research Committee for Political Communication hosted the event in conjunction with its British sister organisation, the Media and Politics Group of the United Kingdom Political Studies Association (PSA).

PROGRAMME

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Social Sciences Department, Loughborough University (UK) - "Islam on the popular battlefield: performing politics and religion on YouTube" (4 November)
• Professor Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milan (Italy) - "Pop Politics: Mediatization or Populism?" (5 November)

PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS

Paper abstracts and presentation outlines of all conference speakers are available here

Several conference papers submitted by participants for post-conference publication on-line can be downloaded below:

• "Monarchy, jesters, politicians and audiences. Comparison of TV satire in UK and Spain" - José Luis Valhondo Crego
• "Ideology in the campaign programmes of Portuguese political parties: the 2009 European elections" - Paula do Espírito Santo
• "The Strategic Communication of hijackings: some lessons from how the Spanish government managed the crisis of the Alakrana" - Rocío Zamora Media & José Carlos Losada Díaz
• "New Media and political activism in Spain and its European context. Reconsidering media malaise theories" - Dr. Óscar G. Luengo
• "News Media and democracy. How different media affect regime support in Brazil" - Nuno Coimbra Mesquita