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Letter from the Editor: Naming, Seeing and Centering Identity in Political Communication
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McGregor & Coe – The Centrality of Identity in Political Communication
Shannon C. McGregor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kevin Coe, University of Utah https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/106548, PDF Political communication as a practice is fundamentally about identity, in all its myriad forms. But political communication as a subfield of Communication and Political…
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Boyer – Political Group Communication: Social Groups as Active Communicators
Ming M. Boyer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-106549-4, PDF There are increasing calls to center social groups or group identities in the study of political communication (e.g., Kreiss et al., 2024; Lane & Coles, 2024). To date, most work examines social…
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Neumann – The Role of Identity in Affective Polarization
Rico Neumann, Freie Universität Berlin & WZB Center for Civil Society Research, Berlin, Germany https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-106551-2, PDF Affective polarization has emerged as a defining force in contemporary societies, reshaping not only politics but everyday social life. What now drives division…
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Orchard & Santos – Information repertoires in algorithmic platforms and political identities in post-partisan scenarios
Ximena Orchard, Universidad de Santiago de Chile Marcelo Santos, Universidad Diego Portales https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/106552, PDF The relationship between political identities and information repertoires can be understood as a recursive one. Information repertoires shape, reinforce, and potentially change political perceptions and preferences, while…
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Meltzer – Intersectional Identity and Differential Media Effects
Christine E. Meltzer, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/106550, PDF Introduction: Why Intersectionality Matters Intersectionality provides a lens to understand how multiple identities overlap and interact to shape political life. Rather than existing in isolation, categories such as race,…
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Rovira Sancho – Becoming “Us”: The Performative Role of Identity in Feminist Political Communication in Mexico
Guiomar Rovira Sancho, Universitat de Girona https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/106553, PDF This article explores how political identity emerges within connected multitudes —those hybrid collectivities that act simultaneously in the street and online, where communication itself becomes a form of political being-together. Using feminist…
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