Reprint

Geopolitics, Public Communication and Social Cohesion Facing the Crisis of Democracy: Risks and Challenges

Edited by
November 2023
202 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-8947-3 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-8946-6 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Geopolitics, Public Communication and Social Cohesion Facing the Crisis of Democracy: Risks and Challenges that was published in

Business & Economics
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary

In times of rising polarization and disinformation at the global level, this reprint, “Geopolitics, Public Communication, and Social Cohesion Facing the Crisis of Democracy: Risks and Challenges”, explores the communication of the main conflicts that put integrity and geopolitics at risk. Drawing upon different methods, the contributions offer insightful findings on the role of communication by public institutions in crisis management and the actions of journalists and citizens. Therefore, this reprint furthers our understanding of how to deal with problems such as audiences’ distrust in politics, citizens’ disaffection with the media, and institutions’ loss of credibility.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
trust; social cohesion; community; low socio-economic; South Africa; far right; emotions; satisfaction with democracy; climate change; livestock; meat consumption; meat production; cultivated meat; media framing; food transition; food system; Europe; COVID-19; vaccination; public communication; polarization; Twitter; political communication; polarization; criticism; mobile instant messaging services; Telegram; Community of Madrid; trust; social media; internet; youth; information; women; hate speech; online violence; constitutional process; Chile; platforms; local media; authorship; audiences; news; disinformation; LGBTQI+; Twitter; LGBTQI+ organisations; hate speech; social audience; activism; pseudo-media; communication; Red Cross; press; reputation; stakeholders; Ukraine; war; COVID-19; logical fallacies; digital pseudo-identification; pseudo-authorities; pseudo-statistics; stereotypes; Walter Lippmann; agenda setting; online misinformation; mainstream media; n/a