John C. Tedesco
Contributor
Website : John C. Tedesco at Virginia Tech
Professor, Department of Communication, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Ad watch, a term used to describe efforts by the media to report on and evaluate the veracity of political advertising. Although the media have long described advertising during political campaigns, Washington Post columnist David Broder is often credited with having shaped the rise of modern-day…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008)
"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...
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