‘Bridging the differences’: political communication experts in Germany

Recursive Governance: Contemporary Political Communication and Public Policy

“…Since the 1980s, there has been a radical escalation in politicians' enthusiasm for media crafting of themselves and their policies in Western democracies (Franklin, 2004, p. 5; see also Kavanagh, 1995;Lees-Marshment, 2001a;Maarek, 1992;Pfetsch, 1999;Plasser, 2002;Ornstein & Mann, 2000;O'Shaughnessy, 2003;Scammell, 1995;Tenscher, 2004;Ward, 2003). The burgeoning critical literature-academic and popular-on the manipulative potential of this phenomenon has generated a widespread sensitivity to political "spin."…”

Political Communication Cultures in Western Europe

“…The debate on professionalization has, however, been hampered somewhat by a pronounced tendency to base conclusions on individual country analysis of the USA and the UK-that is, the alleged spearheads of professionalization (but for some exceptions, see Tenscher, 2004;Negrine et al, 2007;Esser and Tenscher, 2005;Tenscher, Mykkänen and Moring, 2012). Against this background, our analysis fills a lacuna in current research by providing a comparative analysis beyond the vanguard countries of professionalization.…”