User:Carterlockwood1/Political communication

The first thing which I would aim to do would be to try and expand the general definition of political communication to try and have it encompass ideas within Political Science, Communication Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Media Studies. This would come with me additionally trying to remove redundant or overly technical language that could possibly be difficult for readers to understand. Although this section is relatively well covered, these are a few minor points which I would wish to add/ take away.

I would also try to provide a larger comprehensive historical overview of political communication, which would come in terms of me tracing its evolutions from ancient form of different types of both persuasion and propaganda to contemporary digital platforms. This will include discussing famous past political communicators such as Abraham Lincoln former president who was famous for his political adressessuch as the Emancipation Proclamation. As well as political communicators who did not hold official roles such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malala Yousafzai who found their roles as communicators regarding politics and society while they worked to change systematic issues within our world. While doing this I would also remove outdated or irrelevant historical information in order to streamline the article and focus on only the important and key developments in the field.

The main area which I will try and work on is the technological advancements and new media, this will lay within the role of social media subsection of the article. In doing this I will talk about the impact of technological advancements and new media platforms on political communication, including social media, digital advertising, and data analytics. I think it would be also interesting to include information about Publics opinion on new technology and whether they think that's its impact is helping or hurting general politics.In order to highlight the importance of this I will discuss people such as Donald Trump former president of the U.S known for his use of twitter to communicate with the public as well as Greta Thunberg a Swedish climate activist to rose to prominence through social media, particularly twitter, where she rose awareness and mobilized support for climate change.

I would also try and expand the Political Persuasion page as it is a central part of Political Communication. I would discuss persuasive techniques regarding ethos, pathos, and logos which includes discussing different methods of political communication such as framing, repetition, and appeals to authority or credibility. This would come with bringing up advertising and campaigns and the specific strategies used in order to convey persuasive messages and shape voter attitudes. This will also come into play with psychological factors and the cognitive biases which shape and sway specific voter attitudes. I will bring up Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign which was widely praised for it's strategic use of psychological tactics and digital media to mobilize support and engage voters, as well as Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign which utilized rhetoric, fear appeals, and emotional messaging to appeal to voters. Some additional recent examples could be Franklin D Roosevelt's 1932 presidential campaign during the Great Depression, or Ronald Reagan's 1980 Presidential Campaign.