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Long before a politician opens his mouth to speak in public, his words have been filtered through a team of public relations experts, communications consultants, and campaign assistants. When did politicians’ speeches stop being their own? And who are these professional communicators who fine-tune messages to suit the demands of electoral strategy? In The Professionalization of Political Communication, renowned contributors explore the effect of such consciously manipulated discourse on European politics; the resulting volume is essential for anyone interested in the changing political dialect.

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Christina Holtz-Bacha is Professor of communication at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. Paolo Mancini is Professor of Communication at the University of Perugia, Italy. Ralph Negrine is Professor of Political Communication in the Journalism Studies department at the University of Sheffield. Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is Professor in Media Organisation and Policy at the Faculty of Communication and Media studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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