Standing Group on Political Communication

The Steering Committee of the Research Network is happy to announce that the Executive Committee of the ECPR has approved our request to shift from a Research Network to a full Standing Group! We would like to thank all members for their support since the inception of the research network. The shift towards a Standing Group allows us to apply for ECPR funding, which will help us organize events for our members, and the Standing Group will be able to…

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Following the open call for candidates for the first Steering Committee of the network, we are happy to announce that four members of the Research Network nominated themselves: Loes Aaldering (University of Vienna), Iain McMenamin (Dublin City University), Jonas Lefevere (Vesalius College / Free University of Brussels) and Katjana Gattermann (University of Amsterdam). The constitution indicates that if only four members nominate themselves, and at least three members are part of ECPR member institutions, they are declared elected. As such, we are proud…

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Extended call for papers: ECPR General Conference University of Hamburg, 22-25 August 2018 Section summary (see CfP on the ECPR website here) In their seminal piece published nearly a decade ago, Bennett and Iyengar (2008) argued that drastic shifts in global communications challenged the foundations of political communication. During the ensuing decade, the upheaval caused by these trends has only increased: political rhetoric is increasingly populist, media fragmentation continues unabated, internet-based communication continues its rapid rise, and the disintegration of the…

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The Research Network on Political Communication has organized elections so the members can vote on the constitution of the network. Thank you to all members for casting their vote on our constitution. 76 out of 111 members participated (68.47%). The election results clearly confirmed support for the proposed constitution. Three votes were not submitted; the remaining votes were: 72 yes, 1 no. In line with our constitution, Art. 13, the constitution is therefore accepted!

Welcome to the homepage of the ECPR Research Network on Political Communication. The research network was established in 2017 to provide scholars working in the field of Political Communication a platform to share insights and connect with one another. Political communication is a growing field of study, and tackles the interplay between politics, media and the public. As such, the research network harbors a diverse array of scholars, ranging from those that study the interplay between politicians and journalists (politics-media),…

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