Holli A Semetko & Margaret Scammell 
The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction: The Expanding Field of Political Communication in the Era of Continuous Connectivity – Holli A. Semetko and Margaret Scammell
PART ONE
Entertainment Media and the Political Engagement of Citizens – Michael X. Delli Carpini
Do Cosmopolitan Communications Threaten Traditional Moral Values? – Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart
Political Communication in a Changing Media Environment – Fred Fletcher and Mary Lynn Young
Blogging and the Future of News – Richard Davis
Political Organizations and Campaigning Online – Rachel K. Gibson and Stephen Ward
Popular Culture and Political Communication – John Street
Government Communication: An Emerging Field in Political Communication Research – María José Canel and Karen Sanders
What′s Good and Bad in Political Communication Research? Normative Standards for Evaluating Media and Citizen Performance – Scott L. Althaus
PART TWO
Digital Media and Citizenship – Bruce Bimber
Digital Media and Youth Engagement – W. Lance Bennett, Deen G Freelon, Muzammil Hussain, Chris Wells
The Internet and Citizenship: Democratic Opportunity or More of the Same? – Stephen Coleman and Jay G. Blumler
Civic Knowledge and Audiovisual Learning – Doris A. Graber and Gregory G. Holyk
Women as Political Communicators: Candidates and Campaigns – Susan A. Banducci with Elisabeth Gidengil and Joanna Everitt
The Impact of Negative Campaigning on Citizens′ Actions and Attitudes – Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney
Changes in European Public Service Broadcasting: Potential Consequences for Political Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior – Kees Aarts and Holli A. Semetko
Social Networks, Public Discussion, and Civic Engagement: A Socialization Perspective – Jack M. Mc Leod and Nam-Jin Lee
PART THREE
Measuring Affect, Emotion and Mood in Political Communication – Ann N. Crigler and Marion R. Just
Online Panels and the Future of Political Communication Research – Shanto Iyengar and Lynn Vavreck
Social Networks and Political Knowledge – William P. Eveland, Jr., Myiah J. Hutchens and Alyssa C. Morey
Understanding the Content of News Media – Stephen D. Reese and Jae Kook Lee
Ethnography as Theory and Method in the Study of Political Communication – Debra Spitulnik Vidali and Mark Allen Peterson
Political Visions: Visual Studies in Political Communication – Kevin G. Barnhurst and Kelly Quinn
News Framing Research: An Overview and New Developments – Claes H. de Vreese and Sophie Lecheler
Dynamics in Mass Communication Effects Research – Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman
PART FOUR
Media, Power and U.S. Foreign Policy – Sean Aday, Robert M. Entman and Steven Livingston
News Media and War – Piers Robinson
The Power of Rhetoric: Understanding Political Oratory – Vanessa B Beasley
The Power of Everyday Conversations: Mediating the Effects of Media Use on Policy Understanding – Jisuk Woo, Min-Gyu Kim, Joohan Kim
Leaders on the Campaign Trail: The Impact of Television News on Perceptions of Party Leaders in British General Elections – Holli A. Semetko, Margaret Scammell and Andrew Kerner
The Interdependency of Mass Media and Social Movements – Rens Vliegenthart and Stefaan Walgrave
PART FIVE
Media Consolidation, Fragmentation and Selective Exposure in the US – Diana Owen
Democratization and the Changing Media Environment in South Korea – June Woong Rhee and Eun-mee Kim
The Changing Landscape of Political Communications in China – Xian Zhou
Political Communication in Latin America – Silvio Waisboard
Political Communication and Media Effects in the Context of New Democracies of East-Central Europe – Hubert Tworzecki
Post-Soviet Political Communication – Sarah Oates
Al-Jazeera Arabic, Transnational Identity and Influence – Sam Cherribi
Grassroots Political Communication in India: Women′s Movements, Vernacular Rhetoric and Street Play Performance – Christine Garlough
Political Communication in Post-Apartheid South Africa – Ian Glenn and Robert Mattes
Some Caveats about Comparative Research in Media Studies – Paolo Mancini and Daniel C. Hallin
Never Waste A Good Crisis: The British Phone Hacking Scandal and its Implications for Politics and the Press – Richard Tait

Maggie Scammell is a lecturer in media and communications. She was appointed to the LSE in January 1999. Before that she was for five years a lecturer at the School of Politics and Communications at the University of Liverpool, and a Research Fellow at Joan Shorenstein Center for Press/Politics, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She took her Ph D at the LSE, investigating the Thatcher government′s use of marketing and public relations.