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ISSN 2386-7876 – © 2018 Communication & Society, 31(3), 1-5

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Introduction

New voices, a multiplicity of agents in the public sphere

Special issue Political communication in Uncertain Times Marta Rebolledo [email protected] Assistant Professor. Department of Public Communication. University of Navarra, Spain. Óscar G. Luengo [email protected] Associate Professor. Department of Political Science and Administration. University of Granada, Spain. Domagoj Bebić [email protected] Assistant Professor. Faculty of Political Science. University of Zagreb, Croatia.

© 2018 Communication & Society ISSN 0214-0039 E ISSN 2386-7876 doi: 10.15581/003.31.3.1-5 www.communication-society.com 2018 – Vol. 31(3) pp. 1-5 How to cite this article: Rebolledo, M.; Luengo, O. G. & Bebić, D. (2018). Political Communication in Uncertain Times. Digital Technologies, Citizen Participation and Open Governance. Communication & Society 31(3), 1-5.

ISSN 2386-7876 – © 2018 Communication & Society 31(3), 1-5

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The digital context: challenges and opportunities


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Structure of the special issue


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Rebolledo, I\"\.; Luengo, O. (;. (3 l1ehié, D. PoliLical Commullicalion in Lncel'Laill Times. DigiLal Technologies, CiLiz;en l'al'licipaLion ami Open Goverllallce

prime minister, in the period in which this polítical figure rcleased from prison, The influence of this viral tool for propaganda on the way the media covered news about Sanader is a noteworthy aspect Bebié and Volarevié discuss about it

Two next studies deal with the phenomenon of populísm from diflerent angles, In the firsl sludy, Belén Fernández-GarcÍa and Óscar G, Luengo, bolh [mm UniversiLy o[ Granada Spain), aim lo conlribule Lo lhe coneepLualízaLion o[ populism, due Lo lhe exisLenL con[usion on lhe LernL The aulhors describe lhe eore elemenls o[ populism Lhmugh a eonlenl analysis o[ elecloralmani[esLos [mm eighl polilieal parlies, In order lo deLennine whaL populism is, populisl and non-populisl parlies are included in Lhe analysis,

The second sludy, condueLed by Norberl Kersling (UniversiLy o[ Münsler, Gerrnany), Abel Reiberg (Freie CniversiL,U Berlin, Gennany) ami Phillip I10eks (Universily o[ Münsler, Gerrnany), explores lhe influence o[ Lhe populism on Lhe qualily o[ polilical debaLes in parliamenLs, Taking lhe polilieal German conlexl as lhe seenario [or lhe researeh, especiaUy paradigrnaLic due lo lhe rise o[ lhe righL-wing parly 4ltemalive (lir Deulschland (Am), Lhese researchers analyse eoncrelely debales on imrnigralion poliey in Lhe German parliarnenl, applying Lhe concepl o[ Cognilive ComplexiLy, a linguislic approaeh based on Lhe LIWC dietionary,

Ilelow, we find other contributions paying attention to citizens' participation in the ¡¡eld ofpolitical communication, Pedro Fierro Zamora, from Adolfo Ibáñez University (Chile) amI Frederic Guerrero-Solé, from Pompeu Fabra Lniversity (Spain), explore different attitudes from citizens towards polítics taking as case study Chile, These authors present a deep research of internal efficacy, external efticacy, amI political interest, as variables for explaining people's disaffection, Ana Azurmendi amI Vlercedes Muñoz Sal daña, from University of 'Iavarra (Spain), and Félíx Ortega from Lniversity of Salamanca (Spain), present a research on the Publíc Service Ilroadcasters in Spain concerning the necessity for bcing independent from polítical powel', This study airns to provide evidences of the opportunities citizens have to participate in publíc media, as wen as thcir demands regarding its independence, among others,

The nexl parl o[ lhis issue is devoled Lo lhe relevan ce o[ medializaLion analyzed [mm di[[erenl perspeelives and circumslanees, Bealriz I1errem-Jirnénez, Adol[o Carralalá and Rosa Berganza, researehers [mm Rey Juan Carlos UniversiLy (Spain), examine Lo whal exlenl social media have influenee on lhe European Parliamenlary agenda, in Lhe conlexl o[ lhe Syrian civil \Val', In order lo reach lheir researeh objeelives, Lhey condueL a quanLilalive and Cjualily eonlenl analysis o[ debales [mm Brilish, Gerrnan, French, Spanish and Eumpean parliamenLs, Sarah Ilishop, [mm Cily Universily o[ l'\e\V York (UniLed S Lales), looks aL lhe eonlrasl o[ lhe porlrayals o[ undocumenled irnmigranls in Uniled S LaLes discourse conveyed lhmugh lhe media and lhe narraLives provided by lhe irnmigranls lhemselves, In her research, lhe aulhor eonducled [orly oral inLervie\Vs \Vilh irnmigranls who have lived as undocumenled iUllnigranls in l'\e\V York Cily,

FinaUy, Javier GarcÍa-YlarÍn and Adol[o CalaLrava, researchers [mm CniversiLy o[ Granada amI Antonio 1\ebrija University (Spain), provide a remarkably research on media frames, These authors defend an appealíng way of locating frames in order to solve usual problems researchers face while conducting studies related to framing, Their proposal is based on the use of information cataloging algorithms, The refugee crisis in Europe in 2015

is taken here as a case study for applying their contribution, The present issue of Comllnícatían&Socíety comprises high quality pieces of research

dealing with reeent changes amI an uncertain context in political communication, Without a doubt aU these contributions from researchers from different countries involved in this issue help for c1aritying the complex current panorama amI their insights become useful for forthcoming research,


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