Track Code
RC22
Track Chairs
Dr. Norbert Merkovity
Prof. Magdalena Musial-Karg
Dr. Marta Rebolledo de la Calle
Prof. Andrea Samaniego
Encourages scientific analysis and discussion of the political aspects of communication within states (in a comparative framework) and across national boundaries and develops means of facilitating interaction among scholars who are conducting research on related issues and topics. Members are concerned with a diverse set of research interests including the international structure of communication, political theories of communication, the relationship between the public and private broadcasting sectors, cross-national comparative studies, the political impact of the media, the impact of technology and technological change on politics, values and cognition, and models of diplomatic communication.
Open Panels
- Attention-Based Politics: Dynamics, Implications, and Future Trajectories
Chair: Dr. Norbert Merkovity - Authoritarian Discourses and Gendered Rhetorics of Resistance
Chair: Dr. Magdalena Karolak - Political Advertising in Contemporary Global Context
Chair: Prof. Erika Franklin Fowler - Political Communication and Liberty in the XXI Century
Chair: Miss Isabela Rocha - Reel Africa? Global Film Media and Foreign Policy Towards Africa
Chair: Dr. Angela Gapa - The Power of Words: Exploring the Role of Language in Shaping State Power Structures
Chair: Ms. Chhavi Saini - The Three D’s: Digital Campaign, Disinformation and Detachment of Democracy
Chair: Dr. Selena Grimaldi
