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Personification of Politics in the Media. Athuman Mtulya, Kapembwa Chungu, Mariagoreth Charles, Liselott Lindström. What is Political Communication?. Winfried Schulz (2008):
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Personification of Politics in the Media Athuman Mtulya, Kapembwa Chungu, Mariagoreth Charles, Liselott Lindström
What is Political Communication? • Winfried Schulz (2008): • ”Communication is considered to be political if it’s related to exchange of messages among political actors. For example most of what politicians do is political communication. ”
Personification of Politics Focus on individuals instead of issues Langlang (1981): A reciprocal kind of effect of mass media. ”Consequences of a media to a person or an institution as an object of media coverage and not an event”
Mostly used in negative issues • ”IGP Mwema pole, lakini umejifunza” (Mtanzania 22.4.2010) • Sometimes it applies in positive issues • Kikwete in the map (The Express) 14.1.2010 • Kikwete – like the father of the Nation (Mtanzania 22.4.2010)
Impacts of Personification • Defamation • Celebrity Politics • Miss important issues • Invade privacy • Balance story • Misleading the audience
Recommendations • No clear party manifestos • Not go too far