Track Code
RC22
Track Chairs
Dr. Norbert Merkovity
Dr. Marta Rebolledo de la Calle
Prof. Andrea Samaniego
Encourages scientific analysis and discussion of the political aspects of communication within states (in a comparative framework) and across national boundaries and develops means of facilitating interaction among scholars who are conducting research on related issues and topics. Members are concerned with a diverse set of research interests including the international structure of communication, political theories of communication, the relationship between the public and private broadcasting sectors, cross-national comparative studies, the political impact of the media, the impact of technology and technological change on politics, values and cognition, and models of diplomatic communication.
Open Panels
- Democracy under Pressure: Political Incivility, Polarization and Information Disorder in the Contemporary Communication Ecosystem
Chair: Dr. Rossella Rega - Digital Political Communication and South–South Diplomacy: Youth Networks as Emerging Actors in International Cooperation and Peacebuilding
Chair: Miss Almendra Chingo Vargas - Electoral behavior in the Digital Era
- Gendered Political Representation in the Age of Social Media: Global South and Global North in Dialogue
Chair: Dr. Anna Christi Suwardi - Made to Appear: Synthetic Visibility and the Government of Democratic Attention
Chair: Dr. Erdem Colak - Misogyny as Political Radicalisation: Digital Narratives, Political Violence and Institutional Responses
Chair: Ms. Azra Syed - Narratives of Crisis and Reconstruction: Political Communication Digitalisation and Democratic Futures
Chair: Dr. Maria L. Urbina Montana - Political Communication and Democratic Backsliding: Power, Discourse and Legitimacy
Chair: Mr. Jesus Rivero Casas - The Politics of Attention: Visibility, Emotion, and Power in Uncertain Democracies
Chair: Dr. Robert Imre
