Comparing Political Communication across Time and Space

1. Comparing Political Communication across Time and Space: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in a Globalized World — An Introduction
María José Canei, Katrin Voltmer

Part I. Challenges of Comparative Political Communication Research: Design, Methods and Measurement

2. Methodological Challenges in Comparative Communication Research: Advancing Cross-National Research in Times of Globalization
Frank Esser

3. The Role of Measurement Invariance in Comparative Communication Research
Christian Schemer, Rinaldo Kühne, Jörg Matthes

4. Using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Comparative Political Communication Research: Applying Fuzzy Set Theoretic Thinking to Small-N Case-Oriented Research
John Downey, James Stanyer

Part II. Communicating with Citizens: Campaigns, Political PR and the Media

5. Negativity in the Public Space: Comparing a Hundred Years of Negative Campaigning on Election Posters in Sweden
Bengt Johansson

6. US and International Coverage of the Election of Barack Obama: Trends and Differences
Salma Ghanem

7. Is It Enough to Be Strategic? Comparing and Defining Professional Government Communication across Disciplinary Fields and between Countries
María José Canel, Karen Sanders

8. Comparing Political Participation in Different Institutional Environments: The Mobilizing Effect of Direct Democracy on Young People
Ruth Kunz, Judith Moeller, Frank Esser, Claes de Vreese

Part III. Journalism and Media Realities: Journalistic Cultures, the Market and Political News

9. Political Trust among Journalists: Comparative Evidence from 21 Countries
Thomas Hanitzsch, Rosa Berganza

10. Making Sense of Press Freedom: A Comparison of Journalists’ Perceptions of Press Freedom in Eastern Europe and East Asia
Katrin Voltmer

11. A Hedge between Keeps Friendship Green — Concurrence and Conflict between Politicians and Journalists in Nine European Democracies
Barbara Pfetsch, Peter Maurer, Eva Mayerhöffer, Tom Moring

12. It Didn’t Happen Here: Commercialization and Political News Coverage in Swedish Television 1998–2010
Lars W. Nord, Jesper Strömbäck

13. Global Climate Change, Global Public Sphere? Media Attention for Climate Change in 27 Countries
Ana Ivanova, Andreas Schmidt, Mike S. Schäfer

14. Conclusion: Comparing across Space and Time — Challenges and Achievements in Political Communication Research
Barbara Pfetsch

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Media Studies, Political Communication, Social Sciences, general