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Political Communication
Volume 26(2), 2009

 
CONTENTS
 
Fowler, Erika Franklin, and Ridout, Travis N. Local television and newspaper coverage of political advertising. 119-136
 
  How often do the news media cover the advertising of political candidates? And how do the characteristics of the news outlet, the media market, the race, and the advertisements themselves influence the extent to which this ad amplification takes place? Examining Senate and gubernatorial campaign coverage by several newspapers and local television stations in five midwestern states in 2006, we find that coverage of advertising is quite extensive, most of it is low quality, and its volume depends both on the size of the market and the tone of the spots aired 
 
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news
politics and government
advertising
print journalism
television
 
 
Richey, Sean Hierarchy in political discussion. 137-152
 
  Some scholars posit that the influence of opinion leaders within a social network can provide an efficient division of labor of knowledge acquisition 
 
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social structure
politics and government
political elections
Asia
pacific rim
 
 
Walgrave, Stefaan, Lefevere, Jonas, and Nyutemans, Michiel Issue ownership stability and change: How political parties claim and maintain issues through media appearances. 153-172
 
  Drawing on a large-scale online experiment embedded in an electoral survey in Belgium, this study tests whether issue ownership is, rather than a stable condition, a dynamic process that can be manipulated by an experimental stimulus 
 
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Europe
television
news
politics and government
 
 
Stromer-Galley, Jennifer, and Muhlberger, Peter Agreement and disagreement in group deliberation: Effects on deliberation satisfaction, future engagement, and decision legitimacy. 173-192
 
  While research on democratic deliberation has burgeoned, little systematic work has been done on the effects of the communication content of deliberations 
 
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democracy
agreement
politics and government
 
 
Boulianne, Shelley Does internet use affect engagement? A meta-analysis of research. 193-211
 
  Scholars disagree about the impact of the Internet on civic and political engagement 
 
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computer
technologies
news
 
 
Carlson, Jon D. Postcards and propaganda: Cartographic postcards as soft news images of the Russo-Japanese War. 212-237
 
  Postcards are an important resource that has been largely overlooked in mainstream research on historical events, political attitudes, perceptions, propaganda, and communication 
 
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politics and government
advertising
conflict
history
military and armed conflict
visualization
print journalism