Key Concepts in Political Communication

Darren Lilleker is a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University in Communication and Marketing Research.

Aestheticisation Agenda-Setting Americanisation/Professionalism Audiences Authenticity Brands/Branding Broadcasting/Narrowcasting Campaigns/Campaigning Civil/Civic Society Consumerism/Consumerisation Cynicism Dealignment Dumbing Down E-representation/E-politics Electoral professionalism Emotionalisation Framing Globalisation Hegemonic Model Ideology Image Information Subsidies Infotainment Legitimacy/Legitimisation Manufactured Consent Media-Centred Democracy Media Effects Mediatisation Message/Messages Negativity News Management News Values Packaging Permanent Campaigning Political Advertising Political Marketing Popular Culture Populism Propaganda Pseudo-Events Public Relations Democracy Public Sphere Representation Rhetoric Segmentation Soundbite/Soundbite Culture Source-Reporter Relations Spin/Spin-Doctor Technological Determinism Terrorism Uses and Gratifications Theory Virtual Politics/Virtual Communities