Political Communication

47.7k citations
1.2k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Political Communication

1.1k papers receiving 41.9k citations

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Political Communication
Comparison fields: 5 of 176
  • Communication 31.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 14.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 26.4k
  • Gender Studies 3.6k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 2.9k
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About Political Communication

The 1.2k papers published in Political Communication in the last decades have received a total of 47.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Political Communication usually cover Communication (780 papers), Political Science and International Relations (468 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (618 papers) specifically the topics of Social Media and Politics (630 papers), Media Studies and Communication (438 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (345 papers), Media Influence and Politics (240 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (111 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (104 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (88 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (85 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Political Communication are Peter Dahlgren, Dhavan V. Shah, Shelley Boulianne, Robert M. Entman, William P. Eveland, Gerald M. Kosicki, Zhongdang Pan, Dietram A. Scheufele, W. Lance Bennett and Michael X. Delli Carpini.

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