Political Communication
Political communication is an emerging field in communication studies. This
type of communication was first named in the early 1950s when it was stated,
"political communication [is one of three] intervening processes…[by
which] political influences are mobilized and transmitted [between] formal government
institutions, on the one hand, and citizen voting behavior, on the other hand."1
Political communication encompasses the study of government, political systems
and processes, philosophy, psychology, biology, data-gathering and analysis,
verbal and nonverbal human communication and the mass media. Its practice is
an international enterprise that affects public policy, social programming,
teaching, research, and publication. This pathfinder lists key search terms
and resources in print and electronic form which would be useful for doing research
in the multidisciplinary field of political communication.
Abstracts
The field of political communication falls under the discipline of the Social Sciences. The following is an alphabetical list of some Library of Congress subject headings, a classification system used in most academic libraries to organize materials, for this area of research. The terms/phrases appearing before the dashes are the subject headings and the terms/phrases appearing after the dashes are some suggested subheadings within that subject. Begin your search with the subject heading and add subheadings to narrow/refine your search if necessary.
Communication in politics--Analysis
Political campaigns--United States
Communication in politics--Evaluation
Political oratory--Analysis
Communication in politics--Research
Political psychology
Communication in politics--Technique
Political Science
Discourse analysis
Political Sociology
Electioneering--Evaluation
Politics and Culture
Government Publicity
Presidential candidates--Media coverage
Journalism--Political aspects
Press and Politics
Mass media--Political aspects
Radio--Political aspects
Minorities--United States--Political activity
Rhetoric--Political aspects
Political campaigns--Psychological aspects "
Television and politics-Influence
Key Reference Resources
Communication & Mass Media
TITLE: Handbook of Political Communication
AUTHORS/EDITORS: Nimmo, D.D. and K.R. Sanders
PUBLISHER: Beverly Hills : Sage, 1981
ISBN: 0803917147
TITLE: Encyclopedia of communication and information
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Reference USA, c2002
ISBN: 0028653866
TITLE: Encyclopedia of international media and communications
PUBLISHER: Academic, 2003
ISBN: 0123876702
TITLE: Encyclopedia of television news
PUBLISHER: Oryx Press, 1999
ISBN:1573561088
American Political System
TITLE: The U.S. Constitution A to Z
AUTHOR: Maddex, Robert L.
PUBLISHER: CQ Press, c2002
ISBN: 1568026994
TITLE: The Supreme Court, A to Z
PUBLISHER: Congressional Quarterly, c1998
ISBN: 156802357X
TITLE: Encyclopedia of American parties, campaigns, and elections
AUTHOR: Binning, William C.
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, 1999
ISBN: 0313303126
TITLE: An encyclopedia of American politics.
AUTHOR: Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, 1890-1960.
PUBLISHER: Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969
ASIN: 0837101719
TITLE: Encyclopedia of American political reform
AUTHOR: Clucas, Richard A.
PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, c1996
ISBN: 0874368553
TITLE: Encyclopedia of interest groups and lobbyists in the United States
AUTHOR: Ness, Immanuel.
PUBLISHER: M.E. Sharpe, 2000
ISBN: 07658022X
TITLE: Safire's new political dictionary : the definitive guide to the new
language of politics
AUTHOR: William Safire
PUBLISHER: New York : Random House, c1993
ISBN: 0679420681
TITLE: Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics Series: African Americans
and Asian Americans
PUBLISHER: Oryx Press, 2000
ISBN: 1573561487
TITLE: Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics Series: Hispanic Americans
and Native Americans
PUBLISHER: Oryx Press, 2000
ISBN: 1573561487
American Political History
TITLE: The encyclopedia of American political history
PUBLISHER: CQ Press, c2001
ISBN: 1568025114
TITLE: Encyclopedia of American social history
PUBLISHER: Scribner, c1993
ISBN: 0684192462
TITLE: Encyclopedia of constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and
amending issues, 1789-1995
AUTHOR: Vile, John R.
PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, c1996
ISBN: 0874367832
TITLE: Historic U.S. court cases, 1690-1990 : an encyclopedia
AUTHOR: Johnson, John W.
PUBLISHER: Garland Pub., 1992
ISBN: 0824044304
TITLE: The encyclopedia of American facts and dates
AUTHOR: Carruth, Gorton.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, c1997
ISBN: 0062701924
TITLE: Encyclopedia of American foreign policy
PUBLISHER: Scribner, 2002
ISBN: 0684806576
TITLE: Historical dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920
AUTHORS/EDITORS: John D. Buenker and Edward R. Kantowicz
PUBLISHER: New York : Greenwood Press, c1988
ISBN: 0313243093
TITLE: American political terms, an historical dictionary
AUTHORS/EDITORS: Hans Sperber and Travis Trittschuh
PUBLISHER: Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University Press, 1962
ISBN: 0814311873
International Politics
TITLE: Political leaders of modern China : a biographical dictionary
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Edwin Pak-wah Leung
PUBLISHER: Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2002
ISBN: 0313302162
TITLE: Biographical dictionary and analysis of China's party leadership 1922-1988
AUTHOR: Wolfgang Bartke
PUBLISHER:New York : K.G. Saur, 1990
ISBN: 3598108761
TITLE: Political dictionary of the state of Israel
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Susan Hattis Rolef
PUBLISHER: New York : Macmilla, c1993
ISBN: 0028971930
TITLE: The political dictionary of modern Middle East
AUTHOR: Agnes Korbani
PUBLISHER: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1995
ISBN: 0819195790
TITLE: The dictionary of contemporary politics of Central America and the Caribbean
AUTHORS/EDITORS: Phil Gunson and Greg Chamberlain, with additional material
by Andrew Thompson
PUBLISHER: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991
ISBN: 0132133725
TITLE: Encyclopedia of Latin American politics
PUBLISHER: Oryx Press, 2002
ISBN: 1573563064
TITLE: Political leaders of contemporary Africa south of the Sahara : a biographical
dictionary
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Harvey Glickman
PUBLISHER: New York : Greenwood Press, c1992
ISBN: 0313267812
TITLE: A biographical dictionary of the Soviet Union, 1917-1988
AUTHORS/EDITORS: Jeanne Vronskaya with Vladimir Chuguev
PUBLISHER: London ; New York : Saur, 1989
ISBN: 0862914701
TITLE: Biographical dictionary of French political leaders since 1870
AUTHORS/EDITORS: David S. Bell, Douglas Johnson, Peter Morris
PUBLISHER: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1990
ISBN: 0130846902
TITLE: The Blackwell biographical dictionary of British political life in the
twentieth century
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Keith Robbins
PUBLISHER: Cambridge, MA, 1990
ISBN: 0631157689
Statistics and Polling
TITLE: The encyclopedia of global population and demographics
AUTHOR: Ness, Immanuel.
PUBLISHER: Sharpe Reference, c1999
ISBN: 1563247100
TITLE: Encyclopedia of statistical sciences
PUBLISHER: Wiley, c1982
ISBN: 0471055468
Political Systems
TITLE: The encyclopedia of democracy
PUBLISHER: Congressional Quarterly, c1995
ISBN: 0871876752
TITLE: Encyclopedia of democratic thought
PUBLISHER: Routledge, 2001
ISBN: 0415193966
Philosophy, Ethics, Rhetoric
TITLE: Concise Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy.
PUBLISHER: Routledge, 2000
ISBN: 0415223644
TITLE: Encyclopedia of applied ethics
PUBLISHER: Academic Press, c1998
ISBN: 0122270657
TITLE: Encyclopedia of rhetoric
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, 2001
ISBN: 0195125959
TITLE: Encyclopedia of political thought
PUBLISHER: Facts on File, c2001
ISBN: 0816043515
Biology, Psychology, Sociology
TITLE: Encyclopedia of human behavior
PUBLISHER: Academic Press, c1994
ISBN: 0122269209
TITLE: Encyclopedia of human emotions
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Reference USA, c1999
ISBN: 0028647661
TITLE: Encyclopedia of human intelligence
PUBLISHER: Macmillan, c1994
ISBN: 0028974077
TITLE: Encyclopedia of psychology
AUTHOR/EDITOR: Alan E. Kazdin
PUBLISHER: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557986509
TITLE: Encyclopedia of sociology
PUBLISHER: Macmillan, c1992
ISBN: 0028970519
TITLE: Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics
PUBLISHER: Elsevier, 2001
ISBN: 008437265
Periodicals
This is a list of journals (most refereed) relevant to the topic of political communication. In the DATABASE field in the listings below, information is provided on the print holdings of the journal in Hofstra's library (use LEXICAT to get specific dates of holdings), along with the name of the database(s) in which the journal is searchable. Dates of coverage in the databases are provided along with (FT) if the journal is available in full text.
TITLE: American Journal of Political Science
DATABASE: Hofstra University Print Collection (FT);
02/01/1975 to 1 year ago in Academic Search Premier (FT);
02/01/1975 to 1 year ago Business Source Premier (FT);
1973 to 2002 JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection (FT)
ISSN: 0092-5853
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: American Political Science Review
DATABASE: Hofstra University Print Collection (FT);
2001 to present EBSCOhost EJS (FT);
1906 to 2000 JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection (FT)
ISSN: 0003-0554
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: American Politics Research
DATABASE: 2001 to present EBSCOhost EJS; 1999 to present Ingenta
ISSN: 1532-673X
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
DATABASE: 1996 to present LexisNexis Academic (FT);
1999 to present EBSCOhost EJS (FT);
1999 to present Ingenta
ISSN: 0002-7162
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: The CATO Journal: an interdisciplinary journal of public policy
analysis
DATABASE : 1981 to present full text at http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cato_journal.html
ISSN: 0273-3072
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Foreign Affairs
DATABASE: 1964 to present Academic Search Premier (FT)
ISSN: 0015-7120
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Foreign Policy
DATABASE: Hofstra University Print Collection (FT);
1990 to present Academic Search Premier (FT)
ISSN: 0015-7228
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: International Organization
DATABASE: Hofstra University Print Collection (FT);
1997 to present EBSCOhost EJS (FT);
1947 to 1998 JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection (FT)
ISSN: 0020-8183
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: International Studies Quarterly
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing , Inc.
ISSN: 0020-8833
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Issues of democracy: An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department
of State Portion of title : Electronic journals of the U.S. Information Agency
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1003/ijde/ijde1003.htm
TYPE: General Readership
TITLE: Journal of Democracy
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press
ISSN: 1045-5736
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Journal of Politics
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 0022-3816
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Journal of Theoretical Politics
PUBLISHER: Sage Publication Ltd.
ISSN: 0951-6298
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Latin American Politics and Society
PUBLISHER: University of Miami
ISSN: 1531-426X
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Orbis
PUBLISHER: Pergamon
ISSN: 0030-4387
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Perspectives on politics / American Political Science Association.
PUBLISHER: New York : Cambridge University Press for the American Political
Science Association, c2003
ISSN: 1537-5927
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Policy Studies Journal
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 0190-292X
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Political Communication: an international journal
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Inc.
ISSN: 1058-4609
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Political Science Quarterly
PUBLISHER: Academy of Political Science
ISSN: 0032-3195
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Polity
PUBLISHER: Publications Inc.
ISSN: 0032-3497
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Presidential Studies Quarterly
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 0360-4918
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Public Opinion Quarterly
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0033-362X
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Publius
PUBLISHER: Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government
ISSN: 0048-5950
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: Rhetoric and Public Affairs
PUBLISHER: Michigan State University Press
ISSN: 1094-8392
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: World Policy Journal
PUBLISHER: World Policy Institute
ISSN: 0740-2775
TYPE: Refereed
TITLE: World Politics
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press
ISSN: 0043-8871
TYPE: Refereed
Associations
AmericanRhetoric - Associations
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/communicationassociations.htm
Comprehensive list of associations in the field of Communication maintained
by Professor of Speech Communication Michael E. Eidenmuller, Ph.D., Department
of Communication, The University of Texas at Tyler.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/communicationassociations.htm
American Political Science Association (APSA)
http://www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/
From site description: "In this site you will find information about upcoming
conferences, section awards and publications, sample course syllabi and other
teaching resources."
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
http://www.ipsa-aisp.org/
From the site description: "The International Political Science Association
(IPSA), founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, is an international scholarly
association. Its objectives are to promote the advancement of political science
through the collaboration of scholars in different parts of the world; to organise
world congresses and other academic activities; to provide documentary and reference
services; to facilitate the spread of political science information; and to
promote internationally planned research.
World Wide Web Resources
United States Government Resources - starting points
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
US Census
http://www.census.gov
Political Communications Gateways
Political Science Resources - University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/~bennett/about.html
Concise site created and maintained by Dr. Lance Bennett, Ph.D. (Political Science,
Yale University in 1974) and Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication
and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. Offers links
to research centers, news/media resources, civic participation, internet and
society, government information sites, survey and statistical data, and scholarly
associations.
University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies
Political Communication and Campaign 2004
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/polcomm.html
Offers links to organizations, research centers, political parties, news organizations,
public opinion reporting.
Political Science - InfoSurf site from University of California Santa Barbara
Libraries', maintained by Lucia Snowhill
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/politica.html/
Comprehensive site offering links for General Sites, American Politics, US Federal
Government, Political Parties, Campaigns & Elections, Interest Groups, California/State
Government and Politics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Comparative Politics,
International Relations, Political Methodology, Political Economy, Political
Theory, Data Resources, News Sources and e-Journals, Internships, and related
sites.
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/politics/
Maintained by Heather Dawson, member of the Information Services and Collection
development Team of the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London
School of Economics. Rigorously maintained since 1997 by Ms. Dawson, this listing
of political resources an online tutorial "that teaches essential Internet
skills for this subject." Take a look at the Internet Politician, http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/politician/
.
Statistics
Library Spot Statistics
http://www.libraryspot.com/statistics.htm
Offers links to statistical resources divided into three categories: General
Sites, Topics, and Government Department Statistics.
Yale University Library
U.S. Government Information: Statistics
http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/statist.html
Another good gateway site to links for statistics from the US Government, with
links to other statistics collections on the web.
Maps
United Nations, Cartographic Section
Maps and Geographic Information Resources
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
More than 100 General Maps are available currently including the latest deployment
maps of peacekeeping operations. Provides link to UN Map Library site. Maps
are in PDF format.
The University of Texas at Austin
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Provides links to 'Online Maps of Current Interest' which include Haiti Maps,
Afghanistan Maps, Iraq Maps and Iraq Maps on Other Sites, Israel Maps with Gaza
and West Bank, Election 2004, U.S. Primary Elections Map 2004 as well as 'Online
Maps of General Interest.'
Research Centers
The Annenberg Public Policy Center - The University of Pennsylvania
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
From site description: "The Policy Center, which has offices in Philadelphia
and Washington, DC, conducts ongoing research in the areas of political communication,
information and society, media and the developing child, health communication,
and adolescent risk." Much available full text on web site.
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy - Harvard
University
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/presspol/
From site description: "…a Harvard University research center dedicated
to exploring the inter-section of press, politics and public policy in theory
and practice… The Center has emerged as a major source for research on
U.S. campaigns and elections, journalism and public policy, international news,
and race, gender and the press. It is a widely respected convener of journalists,
scholars and political activists working to help the press improve its role
in democracy." Much available full text on web site.
Footnotes
1. Nimmo, D.D. and K.R. Sanders. (1981). Handbook of Political Communication.
Beverly Hills: Sage.
Compiled by Annmarie Singh, MLS
Date: 3/10/04
www.lib.msu.edu/corby/ebss/rosters/comm.htm
vComprehensive Sites for Journalism
excellent list of resources compiled by the librarians of the University of Arkansas libraries. http://www.uark.edu/libinfo/subject/journ/comp.html