91探花

Reading list

Citizens, Politicians and the Media: Evaluating Democratic Processes

Course
SF2222
Second cycle
15 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Spring semester 2025 (2025-01-20)
Decision date
2024-11-20

The course literature consists mainly of articles from scientific journals and books. The full list can be found in the course guide, and the texts can be accessed by GU students via the library鈥檚 electronic resources, unless otherwise stated. In some cases, paper handouts are provided, or files uploaded by lecturers.

In addition there are two extra-curricular text books listed below (available from the book store and in the university library). These are to be considered as background reading, and not included in the literature for the examinations.

Extra-curricular books

  • Dalton, Russell J. 2019, 7th edition. Citizen Politics. Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Washington DC: CQ Press. 360 pages.
  • Iyengar, Shanto. 2018, fourth edition (third edition is also okay). Media Politics. A Citizen Guide. WW. Norton & CO. 416 pages.


Articles (in order of appearance, not alphabetical)

  • Hallin, Daniel & Mancini, Paolo (2004): Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge U P (chapters 1-4; 8-9). (Found as e-book via the library of the University 91探花)
  • Althaus, Scott. (2012). 鈥漌hat鈥檚 Good and Bad in Political Communication Research? Normative Standards for Evaluating Media and Citizen Performance鈥. In Holli Semetko & Margaret Scammell (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
  • Berelson, Bernard (1952). "Democratic Theory and Public Opinion." Public Opinion Quarterly 16:313-330.
  • Str枚mb盲ck, Jesper. (2005) 鈥淚n Search of a Standard: four models of democracy and their normative implications for journalism鈥. Journalism Studies, Volume 6, Number 3, 2005, pp. 331-345
  • Zaller, John (2003) 鈥淎 new standard of news quality: Burglar alarms for the monitorial citizen鈥. Political Communication 20:2 109-130
  • Chong, Dennis, & Druckman, James N. (2007). Framing Theory. Annual Review of Political 91探花, 10(1), 103-126.
  • Jerit, Jennifer, Barabas, Jason, & Bolsen, Toby (2006). Citizens, knowledge, and the information environment. American Journal of Political 91探花, 50(2), 266-282.
  • Lau, Richard R., & Redlawsk, David P. (2001). Advantages and disadvantages of cognitive heuristics in political decision making. American Journal of Political 91探花, 45(4), 951-971.
  • Schlozmann, Kay L., & Brady, Henry E. (2022). Political 91探花 and Political Participation, In Marco Giugni & Maria Grasso (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation (pp. 25-44). Oxford, Oxford University Press. (e-book)
  • Theocharis, Yannis & van Deth, Jan W. (2018). The continuous expansion of citizen participation: a new taxonomy. European Political 91探花 Review, 10(1), 139-163.
  • Willeck, Claire & Mendelberg, Tali (2022). Education and Political Participation. Annual Review of Political 91探花, 25, 89-110. [only pages 89-94]
  • Anderson, Christopher J. (2007) The end of economic voting? Contingency dilemmas and the limits of democratic accountability. Annual Review of Political 91探花, pp. 271-296,
  • Bartels, Larry M. (2010). The Study of Electoral Behavior. In Leighley, Jan E., (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior. Oxford, Oxford University Press. (e-book)
  • Evans, Geoffrey (2000). The continued significance of class voting.聽Annual Review of Political 91探花,聽3(1), 401-417.
  • Carnes, Nicholas and Noam Lupu. (2023). 鈥淭he Economic Backgrounds of Politicians鈥. Annual Review of Political 91探花 26: 253-270.
  • Dancygier, Rafaela, Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Nyman, P盲r and Vernby, K氓re (2021), Candidate Supply Is Not a Barrier to Immigrant Representation: A Case鈥揅ontrol Study. American Journal of Political 91探花, 65: 683-698.
  • Reynolds, Andrew. (2013). 鈥淩epresentation and Rights: The Impact of LGBT Legislators in Comparative Perspective.鈥 American Political 91探花 Review 107(2): 259鈥74. doi: 10.1017/S0003055413000051.
  • Urbinati, Nadia and Mark E. Warren. (2008). 鈥淭he Concept of Representation in Contemporary Democratic Theory鈥. Annual Review of Political 91探花 11: 387-412.
  • W盲ngnerud, Lena (2009) Women in Parliaments: Descriptive and Substantive Representation. Annual Review of Political 91探花 12:51-59.
  • Burstein, Paul. (2003). "The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: A Review and an Agenda." Political Research Quarterly 56 29-40.
  • Ezrow, Lawrence, Catherine De Vries, Marco Steenbergen, and Erica Edwards. 2010. 鈥淢ean voter representation and partisan constituency representation: Do parties respond to the mean voter position on to the supporters.鈥 Party Politics 17(3): 275-301.
  • Giger, Natalie and Kl眉ver, Heike. (2016), Voting Against Your Constituents? How Lobbying Affects Representation. American Journal of Political 91探花, 60: 190-205. doi:10.1111/ajps.12183
  • Persson, Mikael, and Anders Sundell. 2023. 鈥淭he Rich Have a Slight Edge: Evidence from Comparative Data on Income-Based Inequality in Policy Congruence.鈥 British Journal of Political 91探花: 1鈥12. doi: 10.1017/S0007123423000066.
  • Walgrave, Stefaan et al. 2022. 鈥淚naccurate Politicans: Elected Representatives鈥 Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries.鈥 The Journal of Politics. 85(1): 209-222.
  • Holmberg, S枚ren & Henrik Oscarsson (2016) Electoral Behavior. In Pierre (2016) (Ed) The Handbook of Swedish Politics. London: Oxford University press (e-book).
  • Oscarsson, Henrik, & Rosema, Martin聽(2019).聽鈥淐onsideration set models of electoral choice: Theory, method, and application鈥,聽Electoral studies,聽57, 256-262
  • Oscarsson, Henrik & Str枚mb盲ck, Jesper (2019).聽鈥淧olitical communication in the 2018 Swedish clection campaign. Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift,聽vol. 121: 3, pp. 319-345.
  • Karlsen, Rune., Enjolras, Bernard. (2016). Styles of Social Media Campaigning and Influence in a Hybrid Political Communication System: Linking Candidate Survey Data with Twitter Data. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 21(3), 338-357.
  • Lees-Marshment, Jennifer (2001). The marriage of politics and marketing. Political Studies. Vol 49: 692-713.
  • Lilleker, Darren G. and Negrine Ralph (2002). Professionalization: Of What? Since When? By Whom? The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. 2002 (7): 98.
  • Mykk盲nen, Juri, Nord, Lars & Moring, Tom (2021) Ten years after: Is the party-centered theory of campaign professionalization still valid? Party Politics 1-11.
  • Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Dolezal, Martin, & M眉ller, Wolfgang C. (2017). Gender Differences in Negative Campaigning: The Impact of Party Environments.聽Politics & Gender, 13(1), 81-106.
  • Lau, Richard R., Sigelman, Lee, & Rovner, Ivy Brown (2007). The effects of negative political campaigns: a metaanalytic reassessment. Journal of Politics, 69(4), 1176-1209.
  • Valli, Chiara & Nai, Alessandro (2020) Attack politics from Albania to Zimbabwe: A large-scale comparative study on the drivers of negative campaigning. International Political 91探花 Review 1-17.
  • Walter, Annemarie. S. (2014). Negative campaigning in Western Europe: Similar or different?. Political Studies,聽62(1_suppl), 42-60.
  • Djerf-Pierre, M. & Shehata, A. (2017). Still an Agenda Setter: Traditional New Media and Public Opinion During the Transition From Low to High-Choice Media Environments. Journal of Communication, 67(5), 733-757.
  • Scheufele, D. A., & Tewksbury, D. (2007). Framing, agenda setting, and priming: The evolution of three media effects models. Journal of Communication,聽57(1), 9-20.
  • Slater, M. D., Shehata, A., & Str枚mb盲ck, J. (2020). Reinforcing Spirals Model. In J. Bulck (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology (pp. 1鈥11). Wiley.
  • Broda, E., & Str枚mb盲ck, J. (2024). Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news: lessons from an interdisciplinary, systematic literature review.聽Annals of the International Communication Association, 48(2), 139鈥166. [only pp: 139-144]
  • Castro, L., Str枚mb盲ck, J., Esser, F. 鈥 Theocharis, Y. (2022). Navigating High-Choice European Political Information Environments: A Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 27(4), 827鈥859.
  • Damstra, A., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H., Gl眉er, K., Lindgren, E., Str枚mb盲ck, J., & Tsfati, Y. (2023). Knowledge and the News: An Investigation of the Relation Between News Use, News Avoidance, and the Presence of (Mis)beliefs. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(1), 29鈥48.
  • Hameleers, M. (2022). Separating truth from lies: Comparing the effects of news media literacy interventions and fact-checkers in response to political misinformation in the US and Netherlands. Information, communication & society,聽25(1), 110-126.
  • Skovsgaard, M., & Andersen, K. (2020). Conceptualizing News Avoidance: Towards a Shared Understanding of Different Causes and Potential Solutions.聽Journalism Studies, 21(4), 459鈥476.
  • Bastien, Fr茅d茅rick. (2018). Using parallel content analysis to measure mediatization of politics: The televised leaders鈥 debates in Canada, 1968鈥2008. Journalism: 1-19.
  • Hjarvard, Stig (2008). The Mediatization of Society. Nordicom Review 29(2):105-129.
  • Ketelaars, Pauline & Van Aelst, Peter (2021) An actor approach to mediatization.聽Politics of the Low Countries 3:1.
  • Mazzoleni, Gianpietro & Winfried Schultz (1999) "Mediatization" of Politics: A Challenge for Democracy?聽Political Communication, 16:3, 247-261.
  • Str枚mb盲ck, Jesper (2008). Four Phases of Mediatization. An Analysis of the Mediatization of Politics.聽International Journal of Press/Politics, vol. 13(3), pp. 228-246.