Eva Johanna Schweitzer

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY Contributor to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008) whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

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digital divide

Digital divide, term that describes the uneven distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in society. The digital divide encompasses differences in both access (first-level digital divide) and usage (second-level digital divide) of computers and the Internet between (1)…

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Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008)

By Lynda Lee Kaid, Christina Holtz-Bacha

"Political communication began with the earliest studies of democratic discourse by Aristotle and Plato. However, modern political communication relies on an interdisciplinary base, which draws on concepts from communication, political science, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, rhetoric, and others. This two-volume resource considers political communication from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the many different roles that communication plays in political processes in...