How Trump has revolutionised political communication

Clinton and Trump’s differences in the media are quite sharp as we have all witnessed during these last few weeks. Both embody two different visions of politics and more broadly, America’s image. This resulted in tailored and antagonistic communication strategies for their campaigns. Nobody thought Donald Trump would be the last one standing, particularly theContinue reading “How Trump has revolutionised political communication”

PR evolutions under the Presidency of Blair, Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama

Here I am, back again on my blog, after a long absence (I admit)! As promised, I would like to share with you the salient ideas from one of the chapters from The Media and Political Process book by Eric Louw. By the time I write this third post for my blog, I could haveContinue reading “PR evolutions under the Presidency of Blair, Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama”

PR evolutions under the Presidency of Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Reagan and Thatcher

I received a new book bought on Amazon few days ago, ‘The Media and Political Process‘. I am currently half way through but I wanted to dedicate this post to it as I am particularly enthusiastic about what I have read so far. The book, by Eric Louw, was recommended as one of the core textsContinue reading “PR evolutions under the Presidency of Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Reagan and Thatcher”

An introduction to political communication

Today was an exciting day. Not only was it the beginning of the second semester, but also my first class in a highly-regarded discipline: political communication. We had the chance to be lectured by Dr Nicola Furrie. Political communication is almost ubiquitous. Politics, communication, philosophy, sociology, media studies, economics, journalism or cultural studies are all relevant points ofContinue reading “An introduction to political communication”