The Interplay of Actors in Political Communication
The State of the Subfield
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6334136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Omar O Dumdum (0000-0002-7425-6565, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Levi Bankston (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 266-279 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.2021.1966597 |
| OpenAlex | W3195499329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
In this article, we systematically assess how recent political communication scholarship has empirically demonstrated the interactions of the three main actors: elites, citizens and media. We found that research has focused overwhelmingly on within-actor relationships involving citizens, to the exclusion of elites and media, and concentrated mostly on micro-level processes. Most inter-actor relationships also tended to be moderated than mediated, implying the nature of findings as more exploratory and conditional than confirmatory and causal, and that cases were overdrawn from Western countries. In discussing possible reasons and implications for these findings, we call on scholars to move beyond studying micro-processes related to citizens' cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors, and explicitly anchor them to higher-level societal ramifications; incorporate the investigation of causal processes of inter-actor relationships; and make concrete affirmative actions to de-Westernize political communication research
Economics · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |