Personalisation in Dutch and German Politics: The Case of Talk Show

Political Impression Management Through Direct and Mediated Communication: The 2014/2015 Croatian Presidential Elections

“…This reinforces findings from previous studies of Croatian politicians' communication, which found that they rarely 'go personal' (Brečić et al, 2012;Šimunjak, 2014). Interestingly, all the candidates were reported as revealing details from private lives more frequently in mediated statements, than were mentioned in social 549 Table 2).…”

Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide

“…Rather, we simply argue that the personality of political leaders (and, by extension, Trump's personality) is likely to matter. In an electoral context, candidates' orientations and record now overshadow issue orientations and even partisanship (Swanson and Mancini 1996;Van Zoonen and Holtz-Bacha 2000;Costa Lobo 2018); in addition, nonpolitical characteristics of a candidate (e.g., integrity, appearance, family circumstances, and personality traits) more and more dominate the overall evaluations of political leaders (e.g., Wattenberg 1991;Bittner 2011;Anderson and Brettschneider 2003; but see Wattenberg 2016). Due to the decline of party identification in modern democracies, an increasing number of voters are in urgent need of reliable and easy-to-access indicators serving as a heuristic in political decision making.…”

Leaders First, Countries After: Mediated Political Personalization in the International Arena

“…A substantial body of research is concerned with political personalization, a phenomenon whereby politicians become the main anchor of interpretations and evaluations in the political process (Downey & Stanyer, ; Holtz‐Bacha et al, ; Kriesi, ; Mancini, ; Oegema & Kleinnijenhuis, ; Reinemann & Wilke, ; Wattenberg, ). This trend is by no means new; in fact, researchers concur that “personalization of politics is as old as politics itself” (Radunski, , p. 15; see also Briggs & Burke, ) and that “political personae” have always been considered relevant in political science (Van Zoonen & Holtz‐Bacha, , p. 47; see also Adam & Maier, ), as well as in political communication (Gans, ; Gitlin, ). Still, it has been noted that, at least as of the second half of the 20th century, personalization in democracies has increased (for a review see Balmas et al, forthcoming).…”