Political Communication

Political Communication has been constantly revised, expanded and updated since its first publication in 2003. In this edition of the book, the changes and updates made in the 8th edition, both in form and content, have been preserved.
In the book, the phenomenon and process of communication are explained on the basis of the phenomenon of communication, but taking into account the characteristics of political discourse. With its broad definition, all political communication actors, features, genres, methods and techniques in political discourse, and the relationship between media and political communication, which has a unique place in political communication; constitutes the facts on which the book particularly focuses.
The book gives a special place to the communication of political parties, one of the actors of political communication, and focuses mainly on the political campaigns of political parties, both in wide and narrow time periods, and especially on election campaigns; It explains the political campaigns of the very recent history by giving examples from Turkish political life.
In the last part of the book, a general evaluation is made by referring to the researches made in the world and in Turkey regarding political communication.