Political Communication, Culture, and Society

As an installment of Routledge’s BEA Electronic Media Research Series, Political Communication, Culture, and Society focuses on the expansive concept of political communication and illuminates the processes, contents, and effects related to myriad forms and vehicles of political communication.

Patricia Moy is the Christy Cressey Professor of Communication and Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Washington (USA). Her research examines communication influences on public opinion, and she is a former president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, World Association for Public Opinion Research, and International Communication Association, where she is also an elected fellow.

Rico Neumann is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Language and Communication at Technische Universität Berlin (Germany), where he examines discourses of social cohesion and civil society. His research focuses on intergroup phenomena from a political communication, news media, and public opinion perspective. His scholarship has been published in journals such as Mass Communication and Society, International Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs, American Behavioral Scientist, and International Journal of Public Opinion Research.