Donatella Campus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4789398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donatella Campus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donatella |
| FAMILY NAME | Campus |
| SIGNATURE | CAMPUS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4719-4784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Engaging With Fandom and Politics: The Case of Giuseppe Conte’s Fans on Instagram
The article focuses on the phenomenon of political fandom and its potential impact on citizens’ political engagement. In particular, our research intends to offer a contribution to the discussion of possible types of online fan-like attachment to a political leader. Our case study is the Instagram account @lebimbedigiuseppeconte, a fanpage celebrating the former Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte. We analyzed posts between 2018 and 2022 with t…
Marine Le Pen’s peopolisation: An asset for leadership image-building
What a Difference a Critical Election Makes: Social Networks and Political Discussion in Italy Between 2008 and 2013
This article offers an analysis of the factors associated with frequency of political discussion among representative samples of Italian voters during the general election campaigns of 2008 and 2013. This diachronic comparison allows us to assess how political discussion was shaped in two campaigns characterized by widely different opinion climates, with the 2013 one marked by widespread political disaffection. Our findings show that political di…
Women Political Leaders and the Media
This book analyzes how the media covers women leaders and reinforces gendered evaluations of their candidacies and performance. It deals with current transformations in political communication that ma
Political discussion, opinion leadership and trust
The recent developments in political communication, in particular the process of popularization of politics and the diffusion of Internet, are notably challenging the relationship between citizens and media. In this rapidly evolving context it is worth analysing the role of political discussion in personal networks and small groups. Also, very recent research has offered new evidence to the old thesis that, despite the massive presence of mass me…
El lenguaje populista en el poder
El artículo investiga el rol del lenguaje de la antipolítica en la propaganda política. El lenguaje populista es considerado comúnmente como una herramienta útil a la hora de antagonizar con las élites gobernantes y reemplazarlas en el poder. Menos atención se ha dedicado al uso de la imaginería populista en la canalización del consenso popular sobre proyectos de reforma política o de programas de política específicos. El artículo analiza cómo la…
Political Discussion, Views of Political Expertise and Women’s Representation in Italy
Italy is one of the advanced industrial democracies with the smallest number of women elected to public office. Current literature has focused on several structural, institutional and cultural factors to explain such a gender gap in political participation and representation. However, one of the most basic forms of political participation, political discussion, has not received a thorough investigation. This article analyses gender differences in…
Mediatization and Personalization of Politics in Italy and France: The Cases of Berlusconi and Sarkozy
In contemporary democracies, the construction of political leadership is driven by communication strategies with greater emphasis on image over substance and personality over ideology. This article analyzes two countries, Italy and France, that have been recently characterized by a remarkable increase in the personalization and mediatization of politics. First, the article intends to identify some key features of the leadership that emerge and pr…
Social Networks, Political Discussion, and Voting in Italy: A Study of the 2006 Election
This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key mediators of political information that can potentially drive citizens’ electoral choices. The research relies on survey data of Italian voters in the aftermath of the 2006 general election. Findings show that the partisan intensity of discussion networks significantly affects the vote, so that citizens embedded in homogeneous partisan networks are more …
Leadership in Italy: The Changing Role of Leaders in Elections and in Government
L'articolo analizza come si è evoluta la figura dei leader durante le elezioni e al governo nella Seconda Repubblica. Si prendono in considerazione diversi aspetti: il leader come comunicatore, come mediatore, come leader di partito e di coalizione
The 2006 election: More than ever, a Berlusconi-centred campaign
The article focuses on Berlusconi's communication strategies during the 2006 campaign. Berlusconi, trailing in the polls, made all efforts to to set the campaign agenda. The article analyzes a number of media events that have dominated the electoral narratives and the Berlusconi-Prodi debates
Leaders, dreams and journeys: Italy's new political communication
The article argues that the modernization of Italian political campaigns have led parties and candidates to reconceptualize their symbols and rhetorical vision. Italian political communication appears "Americanized"; however, despite several similarities, the Italian personalization of politics differs in many respects from that found in US
Party system change and electoral platforms: A study of the 1996 Italian election
Comparative research suggests that parties regularly campaign by emphasizing issues on which they are advantaged and by ignoring topics that are traditionally associated with other parties. Focusing on the 1996 Italian elections, this article discusses whether such a generalization holds when the party system is affected by radical changes such as those that occurred in Italy in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the analysis of the party electoral platfor…
How to lose a mayor: The case of Bologna
In June 1999 Bologna elected its first non-Communist mayor. This article identifies three major reasons for an extraordinary event that ousted the Left from power after fifty-four years. First, the struggle for purely career motives within the dominant party, the Leftist Democrats (heirs to the Communist Party), weakened the incumbent mayor and in the end produced the candidacy of a not very appealing female party functionary. Second, long-term d…
Mediatization and Personalization of Politics in Italy and France: The Cases of Berlusconi and Sarkozy
In contemporary democracies, the construction of political leadership is driven by communication strategies with greater emphasis on image over substance and personality over ideology. This article analyzes two countries, Italy and France, that have been recently characterized by a remarkable increase in the personalization and mediatization of politics. First, the article intends to identify some key features of the leadership that emerge and pr…
Social Networks, Political Discussion, and Voting in Italy: A Study of the 2006 Election
This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key mediators of political information that can potentially drive citizens’ electoral choices. The research relies on survey data of Italian voters in the aftermath of the 2006 general election. Findings show that the partisan intensity of discussion networks significantly affects the vote, so that citizens embedded in homogeneous partisan networks are more …
Leadership in Italy: The Changing Role of Leaders in Elections and in Government
L'articolo analizza come si è evoluta la figura dei leader durante le elezioni e al governo nella Seconda Repubblica. Si prendono in considerazione diversi aspetti: il leader come comunicatore, come mediatore, come leader di partito e di coalizione
Leaders, dreams and journeys: Italy's new political communication
The article argues that the modernization of Italian political campaigns have led parties and candidates to reconceptualize their symbols and rhetorical vision. Italian political communication appears "Americanized"; however, despite several similarities, the Italian personalization of politics differs in many respects from that found in US
Marine Le Pen’s peopolisation: An asset for leadership image-building
What a Difference a Critical Election Makes: Social Networks and Political Discussion in Italy Between 2008 and 2013
This article offers an analysis of the factors associated with frequency of political discussion among representative samples of Italian voters during the general election campaigns of 2008 and 2013. This diachronic comparison allows us to assess how political discussion was shaped in two campaigns characterized by widely different opinion climates, with the 2013 one marked by widespread political disaffection. Our findings show that political di…
The 2006 election: More than ever, a Berlusconi-centred campaign
The article focuses on Berlusconi's communication strategies during the 2006 campaign. Berlusconi, trailing in the polls, made all efforts to to set the campaign agenda. The article analyzes a number of media events that have dominated the electoral narratives and the Berlusconi-Prodi debates
Political discussion, opinion leadership and trust
The recent developments in political communication, in particular the process of popularization of politics and the diffusion of Internet, are notably challenging the relationship between citizens and media. In this rapidly evolving context it is worth analysing the role of political discussion in personal networks and small groups. Also, very recent research has offered new evidence to the old thesis that, despite the massive presence of mass me…
Political Discussion, Views of Political Expertise and Women’s Representation in Italy
Italy is one of the advanced industrial democracies with the smallest number of women elected to public office. Current literature has focused on several structural, institutional and cultural factors to explain such a gender gap in political participation and representation. However, one of the most basic forms of political participation, political discussion, has not received a thorough investigation. This article analyses gender differences in…
How to lose a mayor: The case of Bologna
In June 1999 Bologna elected its first non-Communist mayor. This article identifies three major reasons for an extraordinary event that ousted the Left from power after fifty-four years. First, the struggle for purely career motives within the dominant party, the Leftist Democrats (heirs to the Communist Party), weakened the incumbent mayor and in the end produced the candidacy of a not very appealing female party functionary. Second, long-term d…
Engaging With Fandom and Politics: The Case of Giuseppe Conte’s Fans on Instagram
The article focuses on the phenomenon of political fandom and its potential impact on citizens’ political engagement. In particular, our research intends to offer a contribution to the discussion of possible types of online fan-like attachment to a political leader. Our case study is the Instagram account @lebimbedigiuseppeconte, a fanpage celebrating the former Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte. We analyzed posts between 2018 and 2022 with t…
Party system change and electoral platforms: A study of the 1996 Italian election
Comparative research suggests that parties regularly campaign by emphasizing issues on which they are advantaged and by ignoring topics that are traditionally associated with other parties. Focusing on the 1996 Italian elections, this article discusses whether such a generalization holds when the party system is affected by radical changes such as those that occurred in Italy in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the analysis of the party electoral platfor…
How to lose a mayor: The case of Bologna
In June 1999 Bologna elected its first non-Communist mayor. This article identifies three major reasons for an extraordinary event that ousted the Left from power after fifty-four years. First, the struggle for purely career motives within the dominant party, the Leftist Democrats (heirs to the Communist Party), weakened the incumbent mayor and in the end produced the candidacy of a not very appealing female party functionary. Second, long-term d…
Party system change and electoral platforms: A study of the 1996 Italian election
Comparative research suggests that parties regularly campaign by emphasizing issues on which they are advantaged and by ignoring topics that are traditionally associated with other parties. Focusing on the 1996 Italian elections, this article discusses whether such a generalization holds when the party system is affected by radical changes such as those that occurred in Italy in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the analysis of the party electoral platfor…
Leaders, dreams and journeys: Italy's new political communication
The article argues that the modernization of Italian political campaigns have led parties and candidates to reconceptualize their symbols and rhetorical vision. Italian political communication appears "Americanized"; however, despite several similarities, the Italian personalization of politics differs in many respects from that found in US
Leadership in Italy: The Changing Role of Leaders in Elections and in Government
L'articolo analizza come si è evoluta la figura dei leader durante le elezioni e al governo nella Seconda Repubblica. Si prendono in considerazione diversi aspetti: il leader come comunicatore, come mediatore, come leader di partito e di coalizione
The 2006 election: More than ever, a Berlusconi-centred campaign
The article focuses on Berlusconi's communication strategies during the 2006 campaign. Berlusconi, trailing in the polls, made all efforts to to set the campaign agenda. The article analyzes a number of media events that have dominated the electoral narratives and the Berlusconi-Prodi debates
Social Networks, Political Discussion, and Voting in Italy: A Study of the 2006 Election
This article analyzes the role of interpersonal discussion networks and television as the key mediators of political information that can potentially drive citizens’ electoral choices. The research relies on survey data of Italian voters in the aftermath of the 2006 general election. Findings show that the partisan intensity of discussion networks significantly affects the vote, so that citizens embedded in homogeneous partisan networks are more …
El lenguaje populista en el poder
El artículo investiga el rol del lenguaje de la antipolítica en la propaganda política. El lenguaje populista es considerado comúnmente como una herramienta útil a la hora de antagonizar con las élites gobernantes y reemplazarlas en el poder. Menos atención se ha dedicado al uso de la imaginería populista en la canalización del consenso popular sobre proyectos de reforma política o de programas de política específicos. El artículo analiza cómo la…
Political Discussion, Views of Political Expertise and Women’s Representation in Italy
Italy is one of the advanced industrial democracies with the smallest number of women elected to public office. Current literature has focused on several structural, institutional and cultural factors to explain such a gender gap in political participation and representation. However, one of the most basic forms of political participation, political discussion, has not received a thorough investigation. This article analyses gender differences in…
Mediatization and Personalization of Politics in Italy and France: The Cases of Berlusconi and Sarkozy
In contemporary democracies, the construction of political leadership is driven by communication strategies with greater emphasis on image over substance and personality over ideology. This article analyzes two countries, Italy and France, that have been recently characterized by a remarkable increase in the personalization and mediatization of politics. First, the article intends to identify some key features of the leadership that emerge and pr…
Political discussion, opinion leadership and trust
The recent developments in political communication, in particular the process of popularization of politics and the diffusion of Internet, are notably challenging the relationship between citizens and media. In this rapidly evolving context it is worth analysing the role of political discussion in personal networks and small groups. Also, very recent research has offered new evidence to the old thesis that, despite the massive presence of mass me…
Women Political Leaders and the Media
This book analyzes how the media covers women leaders and reinforces gendered evaluations of their candidacies and performance. It deals with current transformations in political communication that ma
What a Difference a Critical Election Makes: Social Networks and Political Discussion in Italy Between 2008 and 2013
This article offers an analysis of the factors associated with frequency of political discussion among representative samples of Italian voters during the general election campaigns of 2008 and 2013. This diachronic comparison allows us to assess how political discussion was shaped in two campaigns characterized by widely different opinion climates, with the 2013 one marked by widespread political disaffection. Our findings show that political di…
Marine Le Pen’s peopolisation: An asset for leadership image-building
Engaging With Fandom and Politics: The Case of Giuseppe Conte’s Fans on Instagram
The article focuses on the phenomenon of political fandom and its potential impact on citizens’ political engagement. In particular, our research intends to offer a contribution to the discussion of possible types of online fan-like attachment to a political leader. Our case study is the Instagram account @lebimbedigiuseppeconte, a fanpage celebrating the former Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte. We analyzed posts between 2018 and 2022 with t…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Media Studies and Communication (6 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (5 works) · Political communication (5 works)