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Political communication in and about crises. Potentials of a fragmented field

Authors :
Linards Udris
Source :
Studies in Communication Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 131-152 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Seismo Verlag, 2019.

Abstract

While there is growing interest in political crises in political communication research, crisis has not yet become a meaningful concept. Also, research tends to be reactive, which is suggested by an analysis of when and how the “crisis” label occurred in Swiss media from 2000 to 2018 and how recent scholarship examines political crises. This commentary gives an overview of different research areas within this fragmented “crisis” field and discusses a nuanced concept of crises that is more sensitive to the causes and dynamics of communicatively constructed crises on the macro level. It argues that a more systematic, more comparative and more macro-oriented research on political crises will help reduce the reactive nature of the field and enhance its public relevance.

Details

Language :
German, English, French, Italian
ISSN :
14244896 and 22964150
Volume :
19
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Studies in Communication Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7df62694bf7f47dbb8521fa434f093b5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2019.01.009